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Obviously it depends on the specific situation, but the most interesting and difficult work I’ve been involved in requires figuring things out that would be in
by dasil003 6y ago
Obviously it depends on the specific situation, but the most interesting and difficult work I’ve been involved in requires figuring things out that would be intractable if everyone just focused on their tasks and didn’t make time to collaborate on something that wasn’t their direct goal. That doesn’t mean you have to let people waste your time, but it does call for an artful approach at balancing tasks, relationships and organizational goals.
- harha 6y agoAbsolutely, there's one big catch here: the most interesting and difficult work I’ve been involved in What I experienced both at startups and big corporations is that it's easy to end up in a path that has neither interesting nor difficult or even useful work. If you're forced to get promoted to get more interesting things to work on I think it forces some really selfish behaviour. Of course it's possible to just move on (I did), but that has other implications. One thing I liked at university was being able to switch teams and projects much more easily without a manager in the way with their own (not the organizations) goals. I ended up working on much more interesting things and experienced better team dynamics, making it much easier to get this balance right.