- Author: [[Patrick McKenzie]] - Full Title: Don't End the Week With Nothing - Tags:: [[Happiness]] [[Work]] - URL: https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/do-not-end-the-week-with-nothing - ### Highlights first synced by [[Readwise]] [[2020-12-14]] - Prefer Working On Things You Can Show One of the reasons developers have embraced OSS so much is because it gives you portable capital between companies: if your work is sitting on Github, even if you leave one job, you can take it with you to your next job. - If you cannot build things you can show at work, you should build things you can show outside of work. - [[Prefer visible work]] - Prefer To Work Where People Can See You - You don't have to optimize for "sexy" projects. You know, sexy projects: I don't know how to describe them but I know it when I see it. Most engineering work isn't intrinsically sexy. I would, however, optimize for impact and visibility. - Prefer To Work On Things You Can Keep - [[Prefer work you can keep]] - Just don't end the week with nothing.