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by danwee on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:59PM
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For me my job is just a way to exchange my time for money. Since time is the most important thing for me, my strategy is always:
1. work the minimum possible, doing my best every single time (e.g., "Requirements are not well specified; instead of just coming up with something quick and dirty that I will have to redo later on, I get everyone that is relevant to talk about the requirements and come up with something decent. I do not waste time"). The incentive here is: spend less time doing useless stuff. I used to work 8h/day and I used to waste around half of that time chit chatting and procrastinating. Nowadays I work 3h-4h/day fully focused (my contract specifies 40h/week, but I take that just as a formality)
2. earn the maximum possible. So, if I make X at company A, but company B is offering me 1.5X for doing practically the same, well, good bye company A
3. when it comes to finding satisfaction in my career, my lemma is "do it yourself". Do I wanna know about K8s? I learn by myself in my free time (which is a lot of free time if I do point 1. as I have described). Or if I have enough voice within my company, then I'll propose a solid recommendation to adopt K8s
Motivation should come from yourself (and from your loved ones, if any). Never rely on third-party entities like governments, companies, organizations to find motivation and happiness... you'll get hurt and dissapointed.
1. work the minimum possible, doing my best every single time (e.g., "Requirements are not well specified; instead of just coming up with something quick and dirty that I will have to redo later on, I get everyone that is relevant to talk about the requirements and come up with something decent. I do not waste time"). The incentive here is: spend less time doing useless stuff. I used to work 8h/day and I used to waste around half of that time chit chatting and procrastinating. Nowadays I work 3h-4h/day fully focused (my contract specifies 40h/week, but I take that just as a formality)
2. earn the maximum possible. So, if I make X at company A, but company B is offering me 1.5X for doing practically the same, well, good bye company A
3. when it comes to finding satisfaction in my career, my lemma is "do it yourself". Do I wanna know about K8s? I learn by myself in my free time (which is a lot of free time if I do point 1. as I have described). Or if I have enough voice within my company, then I'll propose a solid recommendation to adopt K8s
Motivation should come from yourself (and from your loved ones, if any). Never rely on third-party entities like governments, companies, organizations to find motivation and happiness... you'll get hurt and dissapointed.