Loving something doesn't mean I want to do it all the time. I love playing my guitar, but I don't think I would enjoy playing it 40 hours a week. At my current job I seem to enjoy it much more when I work 20-30 hours/wk.
Re:Workplace Experiments at 37signals
by nextmoveone on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @01:21PM
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There is also the case of being forced to do things incorrectly...
And bosses that make the job uncomfortable or have a negative attitude
Lastly, you may love programming but maybe programming the stuff you think up or like, not someone else's vision or tool or w/e.
I think the argument is: they're not working at it LESS, they're just spending less time sitting at the office. (I find the proposition dubious, I'm merely pointing out the argument.)
Re:Workplace Experiments at 37signals
by mightybyte on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @11:45AM
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I agree with the proposition. It's all about not being required to be somewhere doing something. Even if I would be there anyway, it's still significant that I have the flexibility that the reduced restriction affords.
Re:Workplace Experiments at 37signals
by run4yourlives on Wednesday March 05, 2008 @05:10PM
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Loving your work is essential. Doing nothing but work is one dimensional and counter-productive. 37S is just highlighting the minimum expectations for their employees.
Here, Warren Buffet says, "Most of the managers at Berkshire have “… no financial need to work” - this simply means that the people who are working are working because they love working."
http://www.pluggd.in/2008/03/startup-entrepreneurial-lessson...
In this one, pg says that if someone gave him $1 billion, he'd still be doing "much the same thing".
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=79057
So my question is this. If you love what you're doing, why would you want to do it LESS? And if you don't love what you're doing, then why are you doing it?