[Talk] When doing a crappy thing, consider
There's nothing in this world that you can't learn from. Even when picking up
your dog's poop you can learn advanced planning skills (gotta bring small
baggies), hone observation skills (why am I the only person picking up after my
dog?), explore business opportunities (I can take a photo of that person not
picking up after her dog and send her picture in for a reward), and improve
your personal sense of well-being (I have high standards ︿(￣︶￣)︿)
When you can't learn from something, you've stopped trying to learn.
Consider my recent personal experience:
At my last job our team was asked to localize a workflow application that our
company had just started to use. We were professional finance translators but
not localizers, and it became a crappy and boring job, involving us reading
thousands of lines of nonsense sentences ("click here", "October", "An error
occurred"). What's worse, this was on top of our already heavy workload.
Working on that crappy job, I learned the necessary error-checking processes
and that my company did not appreciate what we do, despite paying us well.
I left six months later.
Now fast forward to my current job. A client comes in, and asks my current
company to help them fix their application. Within ten minutes I realized
what they're asking for is pretty much what I did for that crappy job! Within
a day I had the complete review procedure set up, and won not only the client
but accolades from my current boss.
So, no matter what you're doing, do it well and ask yourself if you're
learning from the work.
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'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Trying to make ends meet, You're a slave to money then you die
-Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve
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