Don't watch the money
Don't watch the salary
Don't watch the return
Keep a low-cost, decent baseline of life
Find a team and a cause you can actually go far with
Settle, sharpen, practice…
Think clearly whether you could really decide
and not be moved when facing these scenes
1- The product succeeds commercially because of you, but the boss doesn't split the cake as you expected
2- A new teammate is less capable than you but paid more
3- Other teammates contribute less than you but are paid more
4- Another company throws a huge offer to poach you
5- Family or a partner, casually or not, needles you for not making money and compares you with peers
6- Friends in the industry talk comp and yours isn't on the market line
7- Hard, challenging work lands on you and you quietly compute ROI, feeling underpaid for the load
Check them one by one
If there's even a hint of weighing the tradeoff
you're still hesitating, not decided
If in the future those scenes happen
and you don't think twice, not a shred of care
then you've arrived
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Don't watch the money
From X · @therealfreddyx
Thoughts
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Don't watch the money
Don't watch the salary
Don't watch the return
Keep a low-cost, decent baseline of life
Find a team and a cause you can actually go far with
Settle, sharpen, practice…
Think clearly whether you could really decide
and not be moved when facing these scenes
1- The product succeeds commercially because of you, but the boss doesn't split the cake as you expected
2- A new teammate is less capable than you but paid more
3- Other teammates contribute less than you but are paid more
4- Another company throws a huge offer to poach you
5- Family or a partner, casually or not, needles you for not making money and compares you with peers
6- Friends in the industry talk comp and yours isn't on the market line
7- Hard, challenging work lands on you and you quietly compute ROI, feeling underpaid for the load
Check them one by one
If there's even a hint of weighing the tradeoff
you're still hesitating, not decided
If in the future those scenes happen
and you don't think twice, not a shred of care
then you've arrived
Don't watch the salary
Don't watch the return
Keep a low-cost, decent baseline of life
Find a team and a cause you can actually go far with
Settle, sharpen, practice…
Think clearly whether you could really decide
and not be moved when facing these scenes
1- The product succeeds commercially because of you, but the boss doesn't split the cake as you expected
2- A new teammate is less capable than you but paid more
3- Other teammates contribute less than you but are paid more
4- Another company throws a huge offer to poach you
5- Family or a partner, casually or not, needles you for not making money and compares you with peers
6- Friends in the industry talk comp and yours isn't on the market line
7- Hard, challenging work lands on you and you quietly compute ROI, feeling underpaid for the load
Check them one by one
If there's even a hint of weighing the tradeoff
you're still hesitating, not decided
If in the future those scenes happen
and you don't think twice, not a shred of care
then you've arrived