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Sell yourself, sell your work

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449 points ColinWright | 2 comments | 25 Mar 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ilrwbwrkhv ◴[25 Mar 25 23:21 UTC] No.43477149[source]▶
I heard from multiple people working at Stripe that selling yourself is a huge reason why they think it's a very bad place to work. You apparently have to make full-on folders to showcase what you have done.
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sepositus ◴[25 Mar 25 23:37 UTC] No.43477262[source]▶
All of the places I've worked at that have come close to this style of self-promotion have been dominated by kingdom builders and professional bullshitters.
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1. immibis ◴[25 Mar 25 23:50 UTC] No.43477342[source]▶
Is this why Stripe's one of the most hated products (that people have to use anyway)?
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2. nextts ◴[26 Mar 25 07:24 UTC] No.43479675[source]▶
Stripe is surprising in that it feels like the assembler of payment systems. Powerful but boy do you have to roll a lot of your own stuff.

Like why can't I call an API and ask "what subscriptions is Joe on?". Why can't Joe unsubscribe via Stripe without me building something out.