> “Building things” isn’t an activity. “Building furniture” or “Building a web app” is an activity. This is a strange way of thinking, to me. What I’m buildin

> “Building things” isn’t an activity. “Building furniture” or “Building a web app” is an activity. This is a strange way of thinking, to me. What I’m building (or even if I’m “building” at all) is way down my list of priorities. You’d do better to ask me what color I want the walls painted at my job. Building software can be fun and I’ve spent many years of my life doing that, but in that field I’ve also had some of the worst managers I could have imagined. I much prefer loading boxes in a warehouse for a great boss, than writing software for a lousy one. Why would I start a job search with the low-order bit? That practically guarantees an inefficient search, which may not even converge on a local maximum.