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Very inspiring essay. But: > This was the closest thing I've had to a normal job, and I hereby apologize to my boss and coworkers, because I was a bad employe
by wozer 6y ago
Very inspiring essay.
But:
> This was the closest thing I've had to a normal job, and I hereby apologize to my boss and coworkers, because I was a bad employee. ... Toward the end of the year I spent much of my time surreptitiously working on On Lisp, which I had by this time gotten a contract to publish.
Looks like he really was a bad employee. Not sure yet what conclusions I should draw from this.
- barry-cotter 6y agoActual bad employees are a net negative to their employers. They don’t generally leave a good enough impression to get a steady stream of consulting work from them.