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by helengriffinjr 1666 days ago
> I don't care about being productive while working for others.

Curious, what do you care about or what priorities keep you focused during an average workday?

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When working for others I care about:

1. Knowing my craft (so, I got my degree and I "study"/learn stuff every week on my free time. I like it, so I don't feel it like "work time")

2. Doing always my best. So, if I need to find a solution to a problem, I'll consider the tradeoffs and requirements and come up with something that I will not regret pushing to production with all the knowledge I have at the moment. This allows me to sleep good at nights.

Both points could be summarized as "being honest with myself and with others".

From Wikipedia:

> Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services expressed by some measure.

I don't really care about measures.