Ask HN: How did you like your job in 2017?

Re:Ask HN: How did you like your job in 2017? by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:41PM (#16064338)

Yeah, I know that feeling. I've concluded that I'm simply not a very good employee.

Don't get me wrong, I perform! And they've let me make a lot of changes that fix many of the problems they've had.

But my mind's always on my side jobs and how fast I can grow them into a business that can support us full-time. The inefficiencies at a mature business just bug me so much.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you like your job in 2017? by troycarlson on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:19PM (#16065273)

You may find those technical inefficiencies are what enabled the business to mature and sustain itself...I know several people whose “business” has extremely “efficient” tech but zero revenue. I.e. customers don’t care how efficient the tech is so long as they can pay you money to solve their problem...and putting too much energy into the tech prevents you from other revenue-generating activities such as lead generation, sales, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you like your job in 2017? by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:28PM (#16065356)

I said absolutely nothing about technical inefficiencies.

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Re:Ask HN: How did you like your job in 2017? by aennyta on Thursday January 04, 2018 @01:08PM (#16072527)

Keep up the side work and hope something works! Best of luck.

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