Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by wayofthesamurai » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 3:09 PM UTC

Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success
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Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by draw_down » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 3:15 PM UTC

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about success. (I mean this in a good way.)

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by wglb » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 3:23 PM UTC

draw_down wrote: post #2

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about success. (I mean this in a good way.)

Well, now I am wondering about Id-driven software development.

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by swimorsinka » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 3:24 PM UTC

draw_down wrote: post #2

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about success. (I mean this in a good way.)

That's the point :).

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by microwavecamera » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 7:10 PM UTC

draw_down wrote: post #2

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about success. (I mean this in a good way.)

That just depends on your definition of success.

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by manuferrum » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 7:22 PM UTC

draw_down wrote: post #2

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about success. (I mean this in a good way.)

This is a problem I've been having. I find that my ego motivates me to achieve, and without it my work ethic slows.

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by jbob2000 » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 7:26 PM UTC

draw_down wrote: post #2

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about success. (I mean this in a good way.)

Eh, I'd change that a little:

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about metrics of success.

You won't care about money or awards that come from success, but you'll still appreciate that you did something and it worked out.

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by draw_down » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 7:39 PM UTC

jbob2000 wrote: post #7

draw_down wrote: post #2

If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about success. (I mean this in a good way.)

Eh, I'd change that a little: If you actually kill your ego, you won't care about metrics of success. You won't care about money or awards that come from success, but you'll still appreciate that you did something and it worked out.

Hmmmmm. I'd guess that if your ego is well and truly dead, it wouldn't matter whether it worked out, and you wouldn't bother "appreciating" what you've done. That sounds a lot like ego to me. You would just do, without regard for any of that.

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by notadoc » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 7:45 PM UTC

Far beyond software, losing your ego about most things is helpful.

Re: Kill Your Ego to Achieve Software Success

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Post by ashwinaj » Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 7:48 PM UTC

Thanks for the write up! I know a bunch of people who need to read this :)