Dave Rosenthal

The passion that you bring to your work. That is a personal thing. No company is ever going to be able to take my level of interest, of passion, of wanting to do the right thing, right? No company holds sway over that, right? If you hire me for a job, I'm going to do that job because I'm a professional. That's what I do, right? You pay me, we exchange services, right?

The passion that you bring to your work. That is a personal thing. No company is ever going to be able to take my level of interest, of passion, of wanting to do the right thing, right? No company holds sway over that, right? If you hire me for a job, I'm going to do that job because I'm a professional. That's what I do, right? You pay me, we exchange services, right?

I give you what you're looking for and you pay me in exchange for my time, right? So that's a very professional thing. And I see clearly the nature of that relationship. The problem comes when you start adding things around it to make me feel a particular way about your company. You don't need all that flowery stuff, right? I will do the job.

I give you what you're looking for and you pay me in exchange for my time, right? So that's a very professional thing. And I see clearly the nature of that relationship. The problem comes when you start adding things around it to make me feel a particular way about your company. You don't need all that flowery stuff, right? I will do the job.

So I think in this day and age, I think for me, I took founding mode to mean, okay, care about what you do, right? At the deepest level. If you stop caring about maintaining a code for your company, or if you think, you know, your coworkers are annoying for whatever reason, or you stop loving going to work and stop loving that job, then maybe move on, right? Maybe your time there is over, right?

So I think in this day and age, I think for me, I took founding mode to mean, okay, care about what you do, right? At the deepest level. If you stop caring about maintaining a code for your company, or if you think, you know, your coworkers are annoying for whatever reason, or you stop loving going to work and stop loving that job, then maybe move on, right? Maybe your time there is over, right?

But don't sort of lower yourself to the point where you're just doing a crappy job because you don't like where you are. Just move somewhere else and be your best self, right?

But don't sort of lower yourself to the point where you're just doing a crappy job because you don't like where you are. Just move somewhere else and be your best self, right?

So we all win. So let's carry that thought. Let's pull that thread a little bit. If it meant you get laid off or fired or whatever, whatever term they want to put around it, right? In order for the whole to keep moving forward, do you also happily accept that?

So we all win. So let's carry that thought. Let's pull that thread a little bit. If it meant you get laid off or fired or whatever, whatever term they want to put around it, right? In order for the whole to keep moving forward, do you also happily accept that?

disappointment, not resentment.

disappointment, not resentment.

I have a quote for you. Okay. Ego is the enemy.

I have a quote for you. Okay. Ego is the enemy.

You can try. You can chime in. I don't, but what I will say is that I'll be patient. So in my, in my 26 year career, I've been laid off twice. Right. I've had, and I've worked at very large companies. I've worked at very small companies. Right. So I've, I've, you know, I've, I've,

You can try. You can chime in. I don't, but what I will say is that I'll be patient. So in my, in my 26 year career, I've been laid off twice. Right. I've had, and I've worked at very large companies. I've worked at very small companies. Right. So I've, I've, you know, I've, I've,

lived enough life as a professional to have seen all matter of ways, you know, like layoffs are done well, or people are treated fairly or unfairly, kindly, unkindly. So I've been exposed to enough of that. So I speak from that standpoint, I speak from a position of privilege because I've experienced all these facets, right?

lived enough life as a professional to have seen all matter of ways, you know, like layoffs are done well, or people are treated fairly or unfairly, kindly, unkindly. So I've been exposed to enough of that. So I speak from that standpoint, I speak from a position of privilege because I've experienced all these facets, right?

The one thing I think is like consistently that it wasn't always like this when I was younger. and more foolish and more sort of hot-blooded, if somebody said, hey, you're not doing a good job, or we have to lay you off, or we have to fire you because of reason X, Y, and Z, and I have been fired once, the initial reaction is always visceral, right? No matter how...

The one thing I think is like consistently that it wasn't always like this when I was younger. and more foolish and more sort of hot-blooded, if somebody said, hey, you're not doing a good job, or we have to lay you off, or we have to fire you because of reason X, Y, and Z, and I have been fired once, the initial reaction is always visceral, right? No matter how...