other big goal was to work less and better balance hobbies and family. always believed in extreme ownership and progress but introspected hard and found politics and games at my company were pushing me to more working hours, not netting raw results.
i did not accomplish this goal and 2022 i worked 70 hour weeks, often sacrificing sleep and mental health. did slow down in q4.
still positive learning for me is i cant tune out or slow down because work is that important for me. but instead of making other people rich or successful should work for my self. biggest learning is that i have been giving away free ip to a bureaucratic, slow system that cannot and will not do much valuable thing with it. so why give this to a company? why not keep knowledge and file patent my self?