Dornukie

I once worked in a software company for a year to work on a certain product. By the end the product was near ready to launch but there were basically zero users. I was wondering what was the point of them hiring me? Why do they pay me to work on something that no one will use? It seems to contradict everything we've been told about how the free market works. You're supposed to be providing value to the people, and the company is supposed to be able to make more money (thanks to your effort) than they pay you. But here, clearly there was no money being made as a result of the work I am doing. I concluded that the only plausible interpretation is the following: My contribution to the company is two folds: * headcount++ * products++ The company needed to show investors that they are scaling up, both in terms of employees and in terms of products created. The "value" the company extracted from me is not a product that they sell to costumers. It's the vision they sell to investors. They need to 100x their next investment round and this is the goal that the entire company moves towards.

“until death all defeat is temporary” has helped me so much with my anxiety