On: My Time Working at Stripe

[Aeolun]

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.

[margalabargala → Aeolun]

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.

[varispeed → Aeolun]

> 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.

[Aeolun → varispeed]

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

[whstl → Aeolun]

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.