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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm sick and tired of working for other people. Having to take PTO to do literally anything you want to do on a weekday is so fucked, and I'm one of the lucky people (who works PST while in EST). Corporate policies and politics truly do run rampant through every company, and I just need to keep working on products until one becomes sustainable long-term.

Feel like that's the key to financial and physical freedom - making the next big thing, then getting it to a solid state and just doing gradual improvements. Don't pull a spez, don't piss people off and don't add too many new features after a while or you'll kill what you have. And for the love of GOD, don't go public.

IPO'ing and going public are what kill companies with great things running for them, simply due to the "keep growing every day until the company inevitably collapses" mindset.

[โ€“] solstice 1 points 1 year ago

I'm just sick of that toxic culture of corporate optimism. Everything is AWESOME! Living the dream! One big happy family! Like why can't I just show up do my fucking job get paid and go home, why do I gotta pretend I'm having an 8 hour long orgasm all day?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Plus the hyper-focus on quarterly profits by investors. Why give PTO now if it hurts the three-month bottomline now. Imagine the difference in employee satisfaction due to proper treatment (work-life balance, pay, other benefits) if investors where strongly encouraged to keep their money where it is for 5-10 years.