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Competition still applies. It your company has a culture where delivering doesn't matter, you are gonna be taken out by one that does.
by xyzelement 4y ago
Competition still applies. It your company has a culture where delivering doesn't matter, you are gonna be taken out by one that does.
- TigeriusKirk 4y agoMaybe. But this process can take decades. Even longer than your entire career in some cases.
- xyzelement 4y agoIf you can be confident that you can coast your whole life and be well-off, then I have no argument against it. If you are not confident, or perhaps want to make sure your children have a work ethic that is more likely to give them a good life - then it's a big risk to assume you can chill and all will be fine.
- Apocryphon 4y agoThe OP isn't coasting, it's about not maximizing productivity for the sake of it. It's about striking the right balance, avoiding burnout, working smarter not harder. Too often productivity becomes a cargo cult of austere asceticism rather than something that actually enriches one's life. Some days it's okay to work-to-rule.
- lotsoweiners 4y agoThats why I've enjoyed working for the government for the past couple decades. I'm pretty confident that a good chunk of the code I write will never make it to production.
- xyzelement 4y agoAs an aside, wouldn't you enjoy some degree of pride if you could claim otherwise? Like "every licence plate number in Kentucky is generated by an algorithm I wrote" or some such?
- Apocryphon 4y agoBut then you would be automating away the comedy of this https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/rejected-2022-kentucky-personalized-license-plates-fart-booti-more/ https://fox56news.com/news/kentucky/rejected-2022-kentucky-p...