Re:NDA expired, let’s spill the beans on a weird startup
by atonse on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:19AM
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As someone who was part of that A team used to sell things, I spent a year jumping between projects fixing the problems the D team caused. Maybe it would’ve been worth it if I got paid more but I doubt it. It was stressful, you never learned much, and ultimately I burned out.
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Re:NDA expired, let’s spill the beans on a weird startup
by HappyDreamer on Saturday July 10, 2021 @06:52AM
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> ultimately I burned out
Can I ask, does that mean you got so worn out so you couldn't work, had to stay at home / away-from-work for some time?
I wonder what happened afterwards. Seems you now work as an independent contractor now? (looking at your external profile, I hope you don't mind)
Re:NDA expired, let’s spill the beans on a weird startup
by atonse on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:37PM
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Honestly, I had quit and wanted to do a startup (not the best way to deal with burnout though). But we were also expecting my son so I took a pretty steady 9-5 job for 18 months.
But after working on the same problem set for that long I got interested again in solving tougher problems and went back out on the consulting scene.
But that job forever changed my views on work life balance so I am now very aggressive with balancing hours for people that report to me even if I don’t balance my own hours.