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Visakan Veerasamy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
576 total appearances

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Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

So you've got to partition the thing. So it's so interesting when you lay it all out. It turns out that this guy... has the thing he wants to do, has like, and you know, if you split him into two people, imagine that there's like the, the client and the worker, right?

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

So you've got to partition the thing. So it's so interesting when you lay it all out. It turns out that this guy... has the thing he wants to do, has like, and you know, if you split him into two people, imagine that there's like the, the client and the worker, right?

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

So you've got to partition the thing. So it's so interesting when you lay it all out. It turns out that this guy... has the thing he wants to do, has like, and you know, if you split him into two people, imagine that there's like the, the client and the worker, right?

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Like, the client, no, client is not the right word, but like, split him into two people, one person asking the other person to do a job, right? Like the manager and the worker. The manager is giving these really vague, requests, unreasonable timelines, unclear what needs to be done, what needs to be shipped or whatever, just get work done. And the worker is like, fuck this shit.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Like, the client, no, client is not the right word, but like, split him into two people, one person asking the other person to do a job, right? Like the manager and the worker. The manager is giving these really vague, requests, unreasonable timelines, unclear what needs to be done, what needs to be shipped or whatever, just get work done. And the worker is like, fuck this shit.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

Like, the client, no, client is not the right word, but like, split him into two people, one person asking the other person to do a job, right? Like the manager and the worker. The manager is giving these really vague, requests, unreasonable timelines, unclear what needs to be done, what needs to be shipped or whatever, just get work done. And the worker is like, fuck this shit.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I'm just going to goof off and play video games or whatever. Because the gradient of work to be done is just so out of whack that they're not going to do it. So you have to respect that there's some part of you within you that will not except shitty management, right?

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I'm just going to goof off and play video games or whatever. Because the gradient of work to be done is just so out of whack that they're not going to do it. So you have to respect that there's some part of you within you that will not except shitty management, right?

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

I'm just going to goof off and play video games or whatever. Because the gradient of work to be done is just so out of whack that they're not going to do it. So you have to respect that there's some part of you within you that will not except shitty management, right?

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

So people are shitty bosses of themselves and, you know, I guess there's some funny territory here where people might be like, oh yeah, you know, like bad workplace environments are horrible, my boss sucks, my this, whatever. Like, how are you managing your own home, your own head, your own whatever? And people inherit the talk from their parents, from their teachers, from their whatever.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

So people are shitty bosses of themselves and, you know, I guess there's some funny territory here where people might be like, oh yeah, you know, like bad workplace environments are horrible, my boss sucks, my this, whatever. Like, how are you managing your own home, your own head, your own whatever? And people inherit the talk from their parents, from their teachers, from their whatever.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

So people are shitty bosses of themselves and, you know, I guess there's some funny territory here where people might be like, oh yeah, you know, like bad workplace environments are horrible, my boss sucks, my this, whatever. Like, how are you managing your own home, your own head, your own whatever? And people inherit the talk from their parents, from their teachers, from their whatever.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And it's like, you got to work harder. You got to do more. You got to like, and it's very, it's nebulous, vague. And so I always ask people and ask my friends, uh, what are you really trying to accomplish? Why, what is the most like sensible, reasonable, interesting, exciting way to do it? Um,

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And it's like, you got to work harder. You got to do more. You got to like, and it's very, it's nebulous, vague. And so I always ask people and ask my friends, uh, what are you really trying to accomplish? Why, what is the most like sensible, reasonable, interesting, exciting way to do it? Um,

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And it's like, you got to work harder. You got to do more. You got to like, and it's very, it's nebulous, vague. And so I always ask people and ask my friends, uh, what are you really trying to accomplish? Why, what is the most like sensible, reasonable, interesting, exciting way to do it? Um,

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And like, if you really want the thing, and the path to getting there makes sense, and you can see your progress towards the thing. And video games do this really well, which is why video games are so fun to play. You have some mission, you have some objective, and you know how much XP you're going to get from each monster you kill. You get the gold, you get the skill points. It's very clear.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And like, if you really want the thing, and the path to getting there makes sense, and you can see your progress towards the thing. And video games do this really well, which is why video games are so fun to play. You have some mission, you have some objective, and you know how much XP you're going to get from each monster you kill. You get the gold, you get the skill points. It's very clear.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

And like, if you really want the thing, and the path to getting there makes sense, and you can see your progress towards the thing. And video games do this really well, which is why video games are so fun to play. You have some mission, you have some objective, and you know how much XP you're going to get from each monster you kill. You get the gold, you get the skill points. It's very clear.

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

They've The game has done the hard work of project managing your tasks for you. So you go in there and you have a good manager in the game and it's shiny and colorful and whatever. But you can do the same in your own life with your own projects. So it's like if you're practicing guitar or whatever, how much are you practicing? What specific thing are you trying to do?

Modern Wisdom
#862 - Visakan Veerasamy - An Ode To People Who Take Things Seriously

They've The game has done the hard work of project managing your tasks for you. So you go in there and you have a good manager in the game and it's shiny and colorful and whatever. But you can do the same in your own life with your own projects. So it's like if you're practicing guitar or whatever, how much are you practicing? What specific thing are you trying to do?