Read on Twitter
1/1 Long term motivation/ satisfaction...
I& #39;ve written software and designed hardware that is used by thousands of engineers, and has been deployed in millions of units, enabled hundreds of entrepreneurs The fruit of my efforts employes a bunch of people and pays me well. Yet..
I& #39;ve written software and designed hardware that is used by thousands of engineers, and has been deployed in millions of units, enabled hundreds of entrepreneurs The fruit of my efforts employes a bunch of people and pays me well. Yet..
2/7It brings negative satisfaction. It always seems that what I do produce/fix work on is never enough, never good enough, never what people expected. Products that I was personally 95% responsible for are the very basis of the company, yet when I try to introduce new things
3/7 It always feels like I& #39;m fighting a battle to get any buy in. If I eventually do get buy in it feels so hard, so unwanted by anyone else that it just feels bitter and ugly. Nothing about the process brings any satisfaction, significant $ yes, , satisfaction none whatsoever.
4/7 Since there was no burning man airport this year, we decided to refurb the old RV, new roof, major wall and structural repairs, paint, flooring, fixed water pump, water heater, furnace, solar system, 3D printed broken parts etc... (body corner, door handle etc) A ton of work
5/ 7for a Vehicle of essentially zero value. (1986 southwind) yet the satisfaction for diagnosing, disassembling, fixing, reassembling and testing a clogged orifice in the RV furnace feels way better and more significant than anything I presently do for work.
6/7 Anyone out there doing creative engineering professionally that actually feels joy in their job after 5 or more years? Or do you just feel ground down and unappreciated, over committed, under staffed, and burnt out?
If you& #39;ve managed to create joy in your work...
If you& #39;ve managed to create joy in your work...
7/7What does the organization look like?
How is it organized?
How big is it?
How do you keep the trail/"tail" of an engineers old projects from eventually consuming 110% of their time?
How do you communicate the value created to your technical professionals?
How is it organized?
How big is it?
How do you keep the trail/"tail" of an engineers old projects from eventually consuming 110% of their time?
How do you communicate the value created to your technical professionals?
8/7 This makes one stop and reflect that as "Technical Managment" in the company I founded, what am I personally doing to make my own employee engineers feel appreciated. So I sat down and slacked each one a short personalized thank you for what you do note...
