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Re:Don't Kill Your Startup With 1,000 Trivial Tasks by justjimmy on Monday March 05, 2012 @02:26PM (#3667912)
What if the person enjoys it the 'menial' and 'trivial' tasks? What if it's a way for them to stay connected with what their creation? I personally sometimes enjoy autonomous/repetitive actions once in a while just so my brain can zone out and/or to let my mind wamder.

The title can definitely be better – something along the line of min/maxing your time/profit, instead of 'killing' companies or 'trivial' tasks.

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Re:Don't Kill Your Startup With 1,000 Trivial Tasks by udp on Monday March 05, 2012 @02:39PM (#3667997)
> What if it's a way for them to stay connected with what their creation

Exactly. In Hackers and Painters [1] pg suggests "saving up" software bugs, because "it's the one time that hacking is as straightforward as people think it is". I think this transfers pretty well to things like tech support in relation to running a startup, in that menial tasks are quickly rewarding and keep you in the "zone".

[1] http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html

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