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"Whatever the work is, do it well—not for the boss but for yourself." This is great advice especially to keep in mind when you have a well paying tech job you'
by will-burner 2y ago
"Whatever the work is, do it well—not for the boss but for yourself."
This is great advice especially to keep in mind when you have a well paying tech job you're getting disillusioned with. There's hopefully the opportunity and flexibility to make projects one is assigned more interesting to oneself to keep oneself engaged instead of always strictly doing what's best and most efficient for the company. I find that sticking strictly to what's best and most efficient is soul sucking.
- borroka 2y agoI will say one thing that may not sound good on paper, but makes a lot of sense in practice. I do the bare minimum at work, and I do it neither badly nor to the best of my ability: I do it barely well enough. Doing it to the best of my ability would be counterproductive because it would affect others in my organization. I don't see a path to promotion because there isn't one. I am well paid. Sometimes I dream of a job where I am challenged, valued, and appreciated for my professional contribution, not just because I speak well and have the right credentials. But the dreams quickly fade when I think about how much free time, energy, and desire I'd have to give up if that dream came true.
- rramadass 2y agoYou might find Edward Deci's book Why we do What we do : Understanding Self-Motivation interesting. A review : https://thorprojects.com/2020/05/04/book-review-why-we-do-what-we-do/ https://thorprojects.com/2020/05/04/book-review-why-we-do-wh...