I have given my all to someone, even though I was employee #1, and the only one at that, for a few hundred dollars a week. Because the person who hired me: 1) knew what he wanted but not how. 2) was so honest, that he paid me without even being able to evaluate my work. I could have shown him anything I wanted as a "deliverable" and he still would have paid me, and because of that I went overboard, and made sure to do the best job I could. I billed for 5 hours a day while putting in 12.
Btw, he is someone who I firmly believe has the midas touch. He can't write a line of code, but he has the makings of a top-notch tech CEO. He is an average medical equipment salesman from an average mid-sized U.S. city. But everything about him; intelligence, attitude, knack, foresight, etc. just screams Future Fortune 100 CEO. He is someone I would forsake dreams and fortunes for, just to be part of his team again.
I wrote the first version of a social network for him, which he is selling to niche departments of universities.
I got my first chops as a web application architect there. I had freedom to write my own web framework, implement everything from fine-grained security to pluggable application architecture for 3rd party apps, API, and had to design the whole thing to be scalable.
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I have given my all to someone, even though I was employee #1, and the only one at that, for a few hundred dollars a week. Because the person who hired me: 1) knew what he wanted but not how. 2) was so honest, that he paid me without even being able to evaluate my work. I could have shown him anything I wanted as a "deliverable" and he still would have paid me, and because of that I went overboard, and made sure to do the best job I could. I billed for 5 hours a day while putting in 12.
Btw, he is someone who I firmly believe has the midas touch. He can't write a line of code, but he has the makings of a top-notch tech CEO. He is an average medical equipment salesman from an average mid-sized U.S. city. But everything about him; intelligence, attitude, knack, foresight, etc. just screams Future Fortune 100 CEO. He is someone I would forsake dreams and fortunes for, just to be part of his team again.
would you mind sharing some more info on 'someone' / nature of work etc. thanks !
I wrote the first version of a social network for him, which he is selling to niche departments of universities.
I got my first chops as a web application architect there. I had freedom to write my own web framework, implement everything from fine-grained security to pluggable application architecture for 3rd party apps, API, and had to design the whole thing to be scalable.