Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw...
by wonderwonder on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:33PM
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I knew a guy in real life who's dad built a profitable septic tank company from scratch. he expected his son to follow in his footsteps and take it over one day. The son passed; he could just not see himself in that industry and went into marketing. Caused a bit of stress in their relationship.
Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw...
by bentobean on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:41PM
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I can imagine how that conversation went. Something along the lines of “I’m sorry, dad. I respect what you’ve built, but I just don’t want to deal with this shit.”
Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw...
by cudgy on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @05:38AM
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… “I’d rather make up my own shit in a marketing career.”
Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw...
by BurningFrog on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:17PM
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Yeah, I try to avoid the cool, sexy areas. I worked with a few people with post Electronic Arts PTSD who confirmed it can get.
AI and crypto are very cool right now. They'll change the world and make some people billions.
But I bet you'll on average have a better career working on sewage plant management software :)
Rather than follow suit, he went in the opposite direction and did what no one else wanted to do… he started a septic tank cleaning company. He said that it was hard work, but lucrative… and that after a while, he woke up one morning and realized that he was passionate about other people’s shit.