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Silicon Valley is backwards in this regard. There's this mentality of always being busy; I can't help but feel it is a ruse for extroverts to flash their social
by anonytrary 7y ago
Silicon Valley is backwards in this regard. There's this mentality of always being busy; I can't help but feel it is a ruse for extroverts to flash their social proof at each other. In Silicon Valley, people always want to seem busier than they actually are, and people who are not busy are seen as inferior.
The next time someone asks if you're working on a side project, say "no". Carefully notice how their interest quickly turns into contempt. Similarly, people don't want to hear that you're "taking it easy" or "doing nothing" this weekend. That's literally all I tell people at work, and it just turns people off.
- sargram01 7y agoYeah exactly, I think a small percentage of people do and they lead the innovation. The overwhelming majority don’t understand even the most basic reasoning behind almost anything since they never rest and reflect on what they’re doing, but follow the buzz as a career path — which works to a degree better than if they were coming up with their own ideas at least. I have a client that I tell folks frequently they need to rest and reflect in order to improve their leverage and understanding how to better manage their growth, since they’re just exhausted and do stupid stuff all the time as a result. So the simplest observations I offer they think I’m a genius for.
- blhack 7y agoSo what do you do on the weekends?
- developerdylan 7y agoWatch television. Read good articles. Clean a little bit. Relax.
- anonytrary 7y agoI'm taking it easy this weekend.
- blhack 7y agoBut what does "taking it easy" mean?
- gnulinux 7y agoUsually nothing. Sometimes, laundry, cleaning etc.
- bhl 7y agoHm, I’m in college right now and I have the opposite perspective: ask people whether they’re doing any side projects. If they are, then they’re probably not packing their schedules with classes and with busy work. At the least, you know they don’t care about the veneer of productivity because working on side projects and hobbies is probably the least productive thing to do from a normal university perspective.
- Gomer1800 7y agoEhh, I think you’re projecting quite a bit here. From my experience, side projects are what sets sets students apart in undergraduate. I frequently show around my side projects at career fairs and get lots of interviews as a result.
- bhl 7y agoI am feeling a little bit of guilt and stress from working on a side project over Thanksgiving instead of on coursework. :P
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoIt isn't specific to Silicon Valley, people are like it round the world.
- rimliu 7y agoBut mostly in places that try hard to imitate SV.