I'm Unemployable
After 12 years being free from corporate, I could never go back.
The other day, I was on a walk, thinking about my professional life and the path that led me to where I am now. I thought about what was next for me (though I'm in no hurry). Start a new project? Join an existing one?
Then it hit me: I'm 100% unemployable.
Specifically, I could never work for a company again. Meetings, presentations, weird lingo, forced office hours and all the pageantry. I couldn't stand them in my pre-entrepreneurial life, I would never have the patience for it now.
Which Makes Me Wonder...
If I were to start another business and hire some folks, how could I create an ambiance that reflects these values of mine, and doesn't include all the garbage that I listed off?
I think I did a good job with this when LearnDash was a small team (up to about 12 people). But when we start pushing 40, we had to do all the “formal stuff”. Performance reviews, managers, bi-annual presentations, staff meetings, etc.
Maybe it's required at scale, but I missed the early days of the flat, nimble structure.
If I start another business, I'd want it to grow, but not grow that big.
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