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 ThrowawayR2 on Monday March 02, 2020 @03:30PM (#22468577)

> "Causes and passions are charity work or open-source work."

That's one point of view. Personally, I'd say I'm passionate about technology itself and I only choose employers who work with technologies I find interesting (generally nothing that involves web stuff) whenever I can. I'm sure I'd probably have been paid better if I weren't as particular but I'd also almost certainly have quit the profession long before now as well.

We'd probably agree, though, that being passionate about one's employer itself being unwise.

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Re:Ask HN: First hire offered to work part-time – what shoul... by eropple on Monday March 02, 2020 @03:40PM (#22468695)

I agree with this take. You can prioritize things other than money, and that's some derived value for you. But fully agreed that your employer is not a good outlet for that passion. "Believing the dream" gets you screwed when you aren't paying attention.

(And even those pure-hearted, kind founders can lose control of their company after a bad raise.)

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