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Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by killtimeatwork on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:22AM (#26722766)
> During stand-ups when you have to explain what you did, you can say that you worked on your own thing, and that you helped the other person.

Also, pick a role where you're constantly blocked by other people. So, working in a big company, where every function (renting a VM, setting up a DB schema, adding an AD group etc.) is centralized in one team, possibly overloaded and not too competent, possibly outsourced for cheap to India. These folks can take months to complete simple tasks and you can always say you can't move forward until they deliver.

Also, working in integration-heavy project. If your codebase calls 8 different systems in your company, they will all fail, have incomplete documentation, unresponsive teams etc. and will result in a lot of waiting and lost time on your end (which is what you're after).

Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by lmueongoqx on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:37AM (#26722900)
>pick a role where you're constantly blocked by other people

Excellent advice.

I love how HN still ends up thriving for perfection. If I compile all the comments in this thread I'll have the best optimized way to become the ultimate do-nothing slacker piece of crap.

Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by jhgb on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:57AM (#26723543)
> the ultimate do-nothing slacker piece of crap

Just call yourself a company and then you'll be called "an efficient business". ;)

Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by killtimeatwork on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:59AM (#26725058)
This possibly the best comment I've ever read on Hacker News - it so succinctly points out what is wrong with the modern world.
Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by wubbalub on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:46AM (#26722987)
Always strive to be the best at what you do.
Re:Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the leas... by warlog on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @12:25PM (#26727169)
The reward for hard work is more hard work. ~Tom Sachs.