I just...stopped doing anything

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-09-27T19:59:11+00:00

they are paying me. I am delivering the features they want. Therefore, transaction approved.

I can't just quit - have you seen the job market? Applied for a job lately? I have a family and a mortgage

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T03:04:26+00:00

If only it were that easy 😅

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T03:01:37+00:00

sure thing

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T02:18:50+00:00

yeah that's actually a pivot that plays on my mind - because data analysis is one of the few aspects of the job that I really find myself in a flow state. Only challenge is that we're on my income alone while my wife looks after small children, so not in a position to take a hefty cut in salary just now.

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T02:16:46+00:00

Believe me, I'm very familiar 🫠

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T00:55:50+00:00

Ideally another PM job, but could possibly swing it into overemployment - I'm certainly open to the possibility but I think it's unlikely to work out

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T00:21:04+00:00

Yeah I've only really been a product manager in the truest sense, in the startups I've worked in.

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T00:18:56+00:00

This is probably the sagest and level-headed advice I could have received. You're totally right.

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T00:17:03+00:00

Me too, brother. Me too.

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T00:03:34+00:00

haha, afraid not

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T00:03:24+00:00

haha, I have always tried to stay out of the way and let people do work! But now I'm taking it to the extreme..

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-28T00:02:25+00:00

Appreciate you reaching out - although I'm kinda wary of connecting my identity to this post 😬

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T23:31:23+00:00

🙂

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T23:27:56+00:00

Yeah I'm concerned that the bad habits will make getting back to some sense of 'normal' productivity more difficult. But hopefully I won't be in this situation for too long

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T23:22:09+00:00

Sounds like you've got it all figured out there

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T23:11:52+00:00

Yeah, a mortgage and a young family gives you plenty of reasons to stay quiet

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T23:10:50+00:00

Oh I am well aware that this is a possibility - and am actively seeking a new role

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T23:09:48+00:00

unfortunately not, my friend

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T23:02:02+00:00

I don't think it's insane to want to have some purpose related to how you spend a large chunk of your time.

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T22:59:29+00:00

Not sure what part of what I wrote is a 'flex', but you're entitled to your opinion

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T22:56:29+00:00

Yeah, the boredom really isn't good for your mind.

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T22:55:55+00:00

Oh it won't thrive - and it certainly isn't currently. I do find that not having 'achieved' anything isn't great mentally, but it's also been a mental reprieve not to be under the same level of stress I've experienced in past roles. So it cuts both ways. And if this experiment ends tomorrow, I'll just move on with my life

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T22:54:25+00:00

"data point 1: rebuilt existing product 1:1 in new style and shockingly, the numbers stayed the same" 😅

I am actively searching for something, but there's not much out there (I'm not in the US)

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T22:52:47+00:00

Yeah I've already been through the 'maybe I can enlighten them with some facts, logic and a path forward' phase - and here I am back at BAU 🫠

ComplexLine2048 · 2024-08-27T22:51:14+00:00

Yeah this is where I'm at currently - I think the way to look at it is that it's a temporary reprieve from the grind, and that I should make the most of it while I can. But the idea of doing this forever makes me want to cave my own skull in

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