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by endymion-light 225 days ago
The thing is - would he have prospered within a small indie studio?

My experience is that a lot of the traits highlighted above make for brilliant innovators and creators, but actually end up being stifled/stopped by leads within a company. Having this kind of vision and passion is brilliant until it collides within what the founders vision is.
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mettamage 225 days ago
This is what I experience too. I'm a lot like that person and I clash with this side of me towards upper management when they feel that things ought to be done a certain way.

I'm happy that I'm working for a marketing department nowadays and when they need someone technical or someone on business insights, they come to me.

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zwnow 225 days ago
This is really worth mentioning. I hate programming with a passion if I HAVE to work on something. I love it when I am free on chosing what to work on.

Having to work on other peoples ideas, or in regards to constraints other people have set for me completely kills the joy of doing the work.

Let me explore stuff and Ill be a happy little worker bee, give me deadlines on features I consider bs ill procrastinate forever.

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