Unordered, incomplete list of things I want from a job
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Unordered, incomplete list of things I want from a job
sari and added
I wanted to be of service to others and be appreciated for my gifts. I wanted to be intellectually challenged, thinking at a strategic level and determining efficient action plans toward great accomplishments. I wanted to work with people, and I needed flexibility and control of my schedule.
Apryl Zarate Schlueter • Finding Success in Balance: My Journey to The Cheerful Mind
I'm drawn to the idea of building a "Calm" Company:
• Sustainable growth
• Working with friends
• Small core team (<10 people)
• Remote-first
• No fixed work hours
• Asynchronous communication
• Very few meetings
• No managers or PMs
• Transparent decision-making
• Profit-sharing among the team
• Annual equity liquidity windows
• Purpose-driven
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Andrew Tam added
The most important question for me is, "How do I want to spend my days?" And the answer is: I want to spend my time thinking, creating, and ideating with a small group of people to build a beautiful, creative, values-aligned business. I am not interested in 14-hour work days, back-to-back meetings that deplete my energy, can’t catch a breath to-do ... See more
Sari Azout • Sari Azout on Building Emotional Capital
Avani Parekh and added
Will this give me the work I want to do daily?Is this the best offer I got in terms of income?Does this company look good on my resume?Does this company let me take as much vacation as I want, have free catered lunches, and a fancy office?
nfx.com • Your Life Is Driven by Network Effects
Juan Orbea added
Because what I’ve learned from having the privilege of working in a place that asks for my best and helps me get there is how much it can unlock in a life. The benefits extend far beyond the skills required to get great work done. The really, really good stuff comes from looking back on something you created and thinking, “I had no idea I could do ... See more
every.to • What I Miss About Working at Stripe
Sixian added
Thinking about our career, we might think in abstractions like “a job.” But really a career is made up of a bunch of different things like a salary, an identity, relationships, status, a sense of meaning, and so on. It is often easier to find a fit if you unbundle these things, and think about the parts that matter to you individually. Do you actua... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
Engaging in this quest became far easier for me when I decoupled the idea of "work" from the idea of a "job." Without this constraint, I can take my work more seriously and less seriously at the same time. I can both prioritize the work that matters to me and remain detached from what that work says about me as a person. If I ha
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