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Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by pojzon on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:28PM (#30153813)
Its funny because I remember a talk here on ycombinator from ppl who do exactly what you described here.

Often extremely smart and talented. Working on own projects/business idea.

Their argument is that they can in 1h deliver often as much as you average Joe in a week.

“Put as little effort as possible, but I have expenses”

Can give example of such ppl in: - Samsung - TomTom - Oracle - Amazon

Too many of them tbh. Slowly choking the business.

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Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by el-salvador on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:50PM (#30156576)
> Their argument is that they can in 1h deliver often as much as you average Joe in a week.

Sometimes I've been able to fix in an afternoon, what someone has been trying to fix for days.

From and outsiders' perspective it may seem that I am working less

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Re:The new hire who showed up is not the same person we inte... by iwork3jobs on Monday January 31, 2022 @07:03PM (#30156710)
So what should I do when I realize that a lot of my coworkers are HIGHLY inefficient? And I can do their work in a lower amount of time? And I have a ceiling on how much I can earn? I just go looking elsewhere in parallel.

OR - I build a startup. But I hate the buisiness ethos.

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