Comment by xivzgrev

Oof this article hits like a kick to the nuts.

Ive been unhappy with my career growth in past several years, and basically it’s because I worked on products / projects that did not make a ton of money.

I knew this intellectually of course, work on revenue generating things, but emotionally I gravitate toward such reasons that it’s good for customer, or this is high risk / high reward, it’s more interesting, etc.

If I had kept this heuristic as my North Star, I would be further ahead and making more money.

I’m not sure if emotionally I could have done it - I was offered a management position if I moved OFF a high revenue product, so that would’ve been hard to say no to. But in the long run, with hindsight, it would’ve been the right choice.