“You’re damn talented. But in your eagerness to prove it, you sometimes rush toward a solution. You pluck an idea from the branch and throw it onto the plate before it has time to ripen. Don’t mistake speed for precocity: the world doesn’t need wrong answers in record time.”
http://alistapart.com/column/letter-to-a-junior-designer
Some good advice for younger folks regardless of profession.
“Herein lies the catch-22 of stress. You get stuck in a feedback loop: you’re stressed, which propels you to succeed, which validates your stress. When you fail, you simply weren’t worried about the right things—you didn’t stress enough.”
https://the-pastry-box-project.net/marie-connelly/2014-March-24
“This is the era of cross-platform digital services, fast networks, and mobile devices. Sounds like the ideal time to be a person who makes websites. So why do we feel frustrated so often? Why do we experience burnout or depression? What makes it difficult to do work that has meaning, that satisfies us? The problem is that we need to collaborate, but we haven’t focused on developing our people skills.”
“…every final candidate to work with us for three to eight weeks on a contract basis. Candidates do real tasks alongside the people they would actually be working with if they had the job…The goal is not to have them finish a product or do a set amount of work; it’s to allow us to quickly and efficiently assess whether this would be a mutually beneficial relationship. They can size up Automattic while we evaluate them.“
http://hbr.org/2014/04/the-ceo-of-automattic-on-holding-auditions-to-build-a-strong-team/ar/pr
Automattic seems like a cool place to work.
Healthcare is complex. Every time I hear of something and think “That’s crazy. No way it needs to be that complicated.” My thoughts are often quickly changed once I learn about the history and reasoning behind things.
That terrifies me. 🙂
People are really freaking smart here.
People are really qualified – or at the least appear confident in their skills.
Everyone loves to learn and share what they learn.
Not a lot of jerks. In fact I can’t think of a single person who’s out for just themselves.
Everyone is a Senior or Lead something. I have very little experience with folks fresh out of college. I’d love to see more greenhorns and apprentice/mentor relationships.
Things change. Leadership matters.
The reward for competence is usually more work. This is true of the environment here. People who work hard – and do good work – get more work. You will never find yourself bored.