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I mean, brilliant ideas can still be fun to work on. Who cares if you don’t get appropriately rewarded for saving the company $50k/month, it was time well spent
by Aeolun 2y ago
I mean, brilliant ideas can still be fun to work on. Who cares if you don’t get appropriately rewarded for saving the company $50k/month, it was time well spent.
As opposed to working on that pointless crud thing your boss likes.
- whstl 2y agoI'd say work on brilliant ideas if they're good for your resume. Yeah, I know this annoys the senior devs, but after 20 years on this grind I totally get why people do it.
- margalabargala 2y agoI agree with you. But not everyone will. Some people have jobs to pay for their lives outside of work, and that's it. And that's fine. I take the stance of, the job I do for 8 hours 5 days a week might as well be something I actually enjoy doing above and beyond the financial incentive. Working on something I think is really neat is enjoyable, and I'm lucky to work in an industry doing things not so far from what I would spend my time doing anyway if I were retired.
- varispeed 2y ago> Who cares if you don’t get appropriately rewarded for saving the company $50k/month, it was time well spent. If you are that great, it is much better to contribute to Open Source projects than to someone's already fat pockets.
- Aeolun 2y agoI’m not sure how you see that happening unless your company allows it?