Metadata
- Author: Ludicity
- Full Title:: I Am Out of Data Hell
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- URL:: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-am-out-of-data-hell/
- Read date:: 2025-10-24
Highlights
An employer that’s asking for your CV as anything other than a formality is going to pay your mortgage, but they are probably not going to meet the standard of “genuinely good to work at”, and more importantly this is a terrible way to get a job. (View Highlight)
there are totally reasonable companies out there, and they probably do want you as Egbert pointed out. The problem is that many of them probably only want you after you’ve quit the typical company because many people staying in that situation aren’t psychologically ready to be in a high-functioning team. Many of those teams are filled with lots of people who have strong networks and self-confidence, and that’s an important part of what makes them high functioning. Even on my small team, we can only handle the income variation gracefully because everyone knows that, in a serious pinch, they can generate high-paying work for themselves to stave off homelessness. (View Highlight)
lot of things change when you deliberately opt out (View Highlight)
Providing extremely boring services, like specialized contracting and education, removes much of both ends of the spectrum – you’re a lot less likely to earn 10,000,000 is out of the question. And listen, a few million dollars sounds great, I agree, but you probably need something closer to $100,000 to be in a sustainable situation, so aim for that! (View Highlight)
it’s worth considering that if all your risk is identical to everyone else’s risk, acquired on autopilot, then we aren’t even minimizing risk so much as not making a decision. (View Highlight)
It turns out that sales do not have to be much harder than going “Ah, you’ve got a problem? I could take a look at that for you and come up with a plan to fix it up” and then someone wires you $10,000 if they think it’s plausible that you could solve the problem4. It’s really not that different to selling someone plumbing, except your margin is almost 100% in software, you don’t need a professional qualification or to leave your house, and in fact it’s pretty amazing across basically every dimension, save that some people have such insane ideas about software that it’s too late to save them. (View Highlight)