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Waterluvianlast Saturday at 8:04 PM1 replyview on HN

I’ve had similar issues at work where people really overdo something and it’s difficult. On one hand you never want to kill that joy and passion someone has. That’s a great characteristic. But projects have scopes and too often instructions like “just draw a blue rectangle” get ignored.


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ryandrakelast Saturday at 8:44 PM

Totally. It was a harsh but needed lesson on the realities of getting work done in a commercial environment.