by Williams 17 hours ago17 hours ago View Full Post adulting, burnout, career changeannika h. @itsybitsynothingness Me at 18: Pretty sure /’ve narrowed it down to surgeon or journalist: Maybe lawyer: Maybe actor: Me at 28: /’Il do literally anything if it pays well and has health insurance. Me at 38: no longer wish to participate in society:
by Williams 4 months ago4 months ago View Full Post Dana Fried @lcftobliquc Reminder: The people who work for you have three resources: time, energy, and give-a-fuck: Time is the cheapest_ It replenishes one hour every hour: Energy is more expensive. When you’re out you need lots of time off to recharge Once give-a-fuck is burned, it’s gone forever:
by Williams 6 months ago6 months ago View Full Post Darth Powell @VladTheInflator. 4h “why weren’t you available at 9am?” You stupid fuck worked until 2am Sumit Srivastava Znd Follow Senior Java Tech Lead | Digital Banking & Capital Markets Solution 4h One of my best engineers quit yesterday: Not for money: Not for a better title The exit interview took 4 minutes He said one sentence: “Im tired of proving I’m not lazy:” This is the engineer who saved us S2M last quarter: Who fixed the production issue no one else could touch: Who shipped three months early: Last month we gave him a performance bonus_ Yesterday; we sent him a Slack message: “Why weren’t you available at 9 AM?” This was the day after he fixed a critical incident at 2 AM: He didn’t give two weeks’ notice He said, “Lalready gave six months: How many of your best people have already quit? They just haven’t told you yet: they
