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Cogs, know when to fall off your wheels

rachelbythebay.com

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It is so sad and so true. Some people work just to get a place to talk, a warm meal, and a place to seat during the day (and the salary of course).

They could not care less about what they are doing or why.

As the author said, "they were there to turn the crank on whatever you put in front of them, and flavor A vs. flavor B didn't change things either way."

They could be plowing fields - it wouldn't be any different for them I guess.

They are just waiting for death, because they are already dead inside.

No passion, no nothing - an empty mask, barely held together by the things they still manage to get some meaning from (tv, sport, family...)

They have no purpose in life.

If you find a team like this, run for your life.

(for any lost soul, the fallen cogs usually meet in a Galt Gulch - I'm sure there is one near where you live. There you will find great people working on great things - and more like you and I)

And where do the fall off cogs go ? Where are the places where people who care get a job ?

Hopefully, they find each other and go off and do something amazing. That's the best possible outcome from starting something new, right?

You are by the bay, which I guess means close to the Silicon Valley. Being the type of guy who cares, I find it very hard to find a company, especially a company who cares about people who cares.

I guess startups would care, maybe not all of them. What about other companies. Why it is so hard to find a good match ?

I've searched for that for a long while, and the only thing I've found that really worked was starting my own shop (mostly making my own stuff and selling it online and occasionally contracting for 5-10x my previous wage).

Excellent idea.

What about making easier to employer to find employee who cares and to employee to find employers who care about employee who care.

Also what about making it easier to test each other ?

The more you let build up on an uneven foundation, the harder it will come tumbling down.

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