Ask HN: First hire offered to work part-time – what should I do?

Re:Ask HN: First hire offered to work part-time – what shoul... by geofft on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:07AM (#22464530)

> What do you all call the feeling around enjoying the work you do because of the mission and/or technical challenge and/or team? Or, the feeling of wanting to do high quality work wherever you are?

As someone who has this - I have a dedication to solving what I think the business's needs are over what my management thinks the business's needs are. It's sometimes actually quite useful and sometimes not.

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Re:Ask HN: First hire offered to work part-time – what shoul... by kiawe_fire on Monday March 02, 2020 @10:20AM (#22465080)

This is something key that I feel most employers looking for “passion” don’t get.

I have a lot of passion for the small startup business I’m working for... I have a vision for their product, the ability to execute that vision, and a strong sense of ownership and desire to put out a great, premium product.

Problem is, my vision and the owner’s vision are not the same. He likes quick fixes and focusing on the daily grind, I want to work out big, longer term things. For as much as the owner wants people to share his passion in what he’s building, I know for certain he wants that passion to be “blindly working for whatever he says is important at the moment and not being too passionate beyond that”.

That kind of passion, IMO, is unrealistic and unfair, but I suspect it’s what most employers really want.

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