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Reading this comment and thread was painful because I immediately agreed and can tell that it was written from the wisdom you gain only by having experienced it
by sizzle 8y ago
Reading this comment and thread was painful because I immediately agreed and can tell that it was written from the wisdom you gain only by having experienced it first hand.
I was so naive when I started out in tech as a starry-eyed fresh grad, only to have my soul slowly crushed somewhere between the transition from slash and burn start-ups and boring behemoth big Corp bureaucracy. How do you guys stay sane in tech and do you see yourself do thing forever?
- majewsky 8y ago> How do you guys stay sane in tech? Recognize that the work life is not the ends, but the means. You're selling your time in exchange for money which then allows you to pursue your personal goals. Also, enter a state of mind where you watch office politics from the sidelines without getting personally invested in it. Maintain a metaphorical "strategic popcorn reserve".
- hef19898 8y agoI love the "strategic popcorn reserve". The trick is to a) not use it up and b) not become someone elses popcorn reserve
- borplk 8y ago> Maintain a metaphorical "strategic popcorn reserve". Did you just come up with that? It's absolute gold.
- majewsky 8y agoThere is prior art. I learned the term from German tech blogger Fefe: http://blog.fefe.de/?q=Popcorn-Reserve http://blog.fefe.de/?q=Popcorn-Reserve
- 131012 8y agoI read about work politics so I can get good at self-defense for my economical interest, but avoid going offensive so I can sleep sound at night and keep a bit of my naive child heart.