Ben Walker

March 28, 2021

What job-features should I optimize for in life?

JOB-FEATURES I OFFER RIGHT NOW
  • A very good individual-contributor programmer...
  • …Who can communicate with external partners / non-programmers
  • Entry-level leadership experience

JOB-FEATURES I CARE ABOUT
  • Improving creative director skills: keeping a team facing towards shipping-a-good-product, having the naivete and energy to test and criticize every aspect of a product from the viewpoint of a user
  • Mentoring junior programmers
  • <= 50hr work week (weekdays until 8-9pm are fine; weekends are not fine)
  • Being an outsource for parts of my life I don't want to deal with (health insurance)
  • An aura of respectability / it sounds good at a cocktail party