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Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by jfv on Monday April 30, 2018 @04:29PM (#16961984)
Easy for him to say. If you're at the bottom, you get little satisfaction or recognition for performing well, and are instead judged based on things like how much time you've spent in the office, how much code you've written, and how much your superiors like you.

Don't listen to what the guy at the top is telling you to do with your life. Ever. But do nod and smile when he says it.

Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by zug_zug on Monday April 30, 2018 @05:08PM (#16962375)
I agree with all of this, except for "nod and smile."

If you don't work there, then I think it's best to hold leaders emotionally accountable for their effect on the world. If you do work there, then it's really up to you, but there's a middle ground where you don't legitimize the system but don't rock the boat.

For example, you could just not nod, and not smile. And only pretend to clap after the next announcement. And if everybody does this, it adds up without anybody being a target.

Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by wufufufu on Monday April 30, 2018 @05:33PM (#16962621)
> For example, you could just not nod, and not smile. And only pretend to clap after the next announcement. And if everybody does this, it adds up without anybody being a target.

This is hilarious and terrifying.

Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by deft on Monday April 30, 2018 @04:57PM (#16962251)
Exactly. Doesn't take much thought to realize that a guy with $100 billion dollars has no idea what the average life is like, and has no reason to be giving life advice.
Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by tlb on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:30PM (#16963053)
"If you're at the bottom for long / You're doing something wrong."

Definitely don't listen to the people at the bottom telling you how to run your life. Ideally, listen to people who started where you started, and rose to where you want to get.

Bezos himself started fairly low. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos#Early_life_and_educ...

Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by goalieca on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:46AM (#16966537)
> Definitely don't listen to the people at the bottom telling you how to run your life. Ideally, listen to people who started where you started, and rose to where you want to get.

There's a lot of bad advice there too. People like to attribute their success to something they did but most people have no clue why they are successful. Luck has a lot to do with it and sometimes people succeed in spite of things they think might help.

Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by nostrademons on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:11AM (#16974218)
Who would you rather be: the person who attributes their success to their actions, or the person who complains about not being successful?

You don't necessarily have control over whether you're successful, but you have a lot of control over how you see yourself and your personal narrative.

Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by goalieca on Thursday May 03, 2018 @07:01PM (#16990802)
Why would i want to be anyone but myself? But to answer your point, arrogance and ignorance are not something to covet and neither is whining.
Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by jfv on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:33AM (#16966463)
This is advice for Amazon employees specifically. The incentives are not for him to give advice on how to become Jeff Bezos.
Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by ferdberfel on Monday April 30, 2018 @04:38PM (#16962083)
and wear your fourteen pieces of "flare"
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Re:Jeff Bezos' advice: Don't aim for work-life balance; it's... by dang on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:18AM (#16964917)
You've been posting a bunch of unsubstantive comments to HN. Would you please stop?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html