Ask HN: The ideal company for programmers, or giving freedom to your programmers
I find myself often torn between two desires: a) Having the freedom to work on something I'm passionate about. And being able to work on it by my schedule (this doesn't mean I'll be working 4 hrs a day, but it does mean that I can choose to work 4 hrs on a day of low creativity). I usually conclude that I'll need to start my own company if I want to achieve this. b) Building a great product. Working on something like a Google Android, which usually requires a team. I think the crux of the conflict is this: If given the freedom to work according to my creative instinct and my schedule, my output in one week would far exceed the 40 hr output that my company gets out of me right now. My company (and many others that I've seen), unfortunately, do not realize this, or can not risk having a "maverick" on the team. In the end, its a loss for the company, and frustrating for me. Programming jobs
Why it failed
I find myself often torn between two desires: a) Having the freedom to work on something I'm passionate about. And being able to work on it by my schedule (this doesn't mean I'll be working 4 hrs a day, but it does mean that I can choose to work 4 hrs on a day of low creativity).
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- hackoder
- Ended
- 2009
- Source
- hackernews