Work is doing what someone else wants
Chiwie.
You just ship what other people want you to ship.
At team level, it's what your team lead wants and the way they want it.
At team lead level, it's what executive leadership wants.
At executive leadership level, it's what investors want.
At a company level, it's what users want. OR what will make the company money.
Shipping projects
At what point is it what YOU want?
Sponsoring yourself means you'll need prove upwards that you're good. It's essentially doing what they want?
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