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0 pointsAeolun1y ago0 comments

I mean, brilliant ideas can still be fun to work on. Who cares if you don’t get appropriately rewarded for saving the company $50k/month, it was time well spent.

As opposed to working on that pointless crud thing your boss likes.

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varispeed1y ago· 1 in thread

> Who cares if you don’t get appropriately rewarded for saving the company $50k/month, it was time well spent.

If you are that great, it is much better to contribute to Open Source projects than to someone's already fat pockets.

AeolunOP1y ago

I’m not sure how you see that happening unless your company allows it?

margalabargala1y ago

I agree with you. But not everyone will. Some people have jobs to pay for their lives outside of work, and that's it. And that's fine.

I take the stance of, the job I do for 8 hours 5 days a week might as well be something I actually enjoy doing above and beyond the financial incentive. Working on something I think is really neat is enjoyable, and I'm lucky to work in an industry doing things not so far from what I would spend my time doing anyway if I were retired.

whstl1y ago

I'd say work on brilliant ideas if they're good for your resume.

Yeah, I know this annoys the senior devs, but after 20 years on this grind I totally get why people do it.

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