I recently had a discussion after work with another IC, about how we individually fret over spending $10k on a server. Meanwhile our employer will speculatively invest many tens of millions.
You have to defeat pathological scarcity mentality on things absolutely worth the price.
You have to defeat pathological scarcity mentality on things absolutely worth the price.
https://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/1554312404468699137
In my last job I wouldn't ask for a $400 backup drive to preserve the entire 200-person fileserver because it wasn't required. I was infected with the mind virus of deprivation.
In retrospect and description it sounds absolutely mental. But I lived that way for years.
In retrospect and description it sounds absolutely mental. But I lived that way for years.
You likely think I am an intelligent individual. But that is the way I lived, even as I preached a way forward.
The human life is not a beatable challenge. We are captured by narratives, and excuse. About why it can be no other way.
Stagnation is the most comfortable religion.
The human life is not a beatable challenge. We are captured by narratives, and excuse. About why it can be no other way.
Stagnation is the most comfortable religion.
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