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This is totally 2nd hand anecdote, but I've heard stories from several people who worked at MSFT (all 10 plus years ago, so maybe it's changed) who put in a han
by kelp 6y ago
This is totally 2nd hand anecdote, but I've heard stories from several people who worked at MSFT (all 10 plus years ago, so maybe it's changed) who put in a handful of hours of work per week. Still got promoted. Spent most of their time doing what ever, things like playing World of Warcraft in a competitive guild full time.
In all cases, these people ended up leaving to go to highly demanding startups, because that's what they would rather have been doing. But the point is, even at large, high paying, very successful companies there are lots of niches where you can get away with doing very little.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoI interned at a startup a long time ago and met a guy who was one of the first hires at Google post-IPO. He told me that while he was there he automated all his work and was working pretty much full-time on his startup (not the one I worked at, it never took off), only coming in 1-2 hours a day to be seen in the office/reply to emails.