Re:Ask HN: How to find companies that value deep work?
by edmundsauto on Thursday June 23, 2022 @11:12PM
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Are you better at filtering, or at seeking?
One route is to cast a wide net, with a very specific filter.
The other is to be very targeted in who you approach. Find likeminded people, which will require finding a lot of not-likeminded people.
The key to both is scale. The work is both in the skill (how good of a filter do you have? How good are you at really identifying people who value what you value?), but the real secret is volume. Persistence, scale, volume, and a way to improve your filters.
One route is to cast a wide net, with a very specific filter.
The other is to be very targeted in who you approach. Find likeminded people, which will require finding a lot of not-likeminded people.
The key to both is scale. The work is both in the skill (how good of a filter do you have? How good are you at really identifying people who value what you value?), but the real secret is volume. Persistence, scale, volume, and a way to improve your filters.
There are no shortcuts.