Work Somewhere Dysfunctional

> On the other hand, people who have pragmatic and slightly selfish goals in addition to wanting the do good are more resilient. If the system change they envision doesn’t work out, they still have something to show for all their efforts. That keeps them grounded and calm for much longer in the same environment.

Nice commentary.

In general, I kind of live in fear of places that have made a lot of decisions already & seem to be doing ok with them. I don't want to work in a static environment. I don't want to work someplace that everything ticks along at. Being a little bit in demand, having everything a little bit screwy, is endless opportunities to go improve & help. It's messed up, but I fear so much what Big Tech life would be like, where there's decades of precedent binding us to most decisions, and numerous teams that own 98% of the stuff I have to work with.

I appreciate being able to have a wider-domain, where I can spend a day screwing around with CI/CD to make some wins. A little bit of dysfunction is, sort of, opportunity.

Working somewhere functional has been difficult to find. Dysfunctional is easy to find. As the article implores: get paid well for it. Dysfunctional and uncompensated is a hard slog.