205: David Heinemeier Hansson - Falling In Love With Your Work & The Future Of Work: ReWork

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• Common themes of leaders who sustain excellence:
  • "For me it's falling in love with the work itself..."
  • Being excited to do the actual work everyday... The actual day to day work
• "I don't have a need to think "What's Next?" -- "I'm thrilled to do the thing I've fallen in love with."
• How did he become DHH?
• What percentage of your job do you love and what percent do you dislike?
  • DHH works to minimize the parts he doesn't like
  • Managing others is low on his list of what he loves.
• "The thought that you can't be innovative if you aren't in the same room is bullshit." -- You can do that remotely, in fact better in most cases.
• DHH shares why the open office concept is horrible for creative people who like to "get shit done."
• Remote work gives peace, tranquility, quality
• Commuting to work can be a wasteful, drain on your life
• The future of work -- More remote work, more contractors, less full time employees
• "The office is something you choose to have, you don't need to have it."
• "The Day I Became A Millionaire"
  • What DHH learned that day... What changed? What didn't
  • "The things that brought happiness were the things I was already doing. I love writing, programming, reading."
  • Will a certain amount of money ever be enough? Ray Kroc said "No."
• "The human condition does not end because you get rich."  You'll still have problems.
• Best advice to give to people early in their careers?
  • "Be careful what you wish for.  Managing other people is not in my top 5 things I like to do."
  • "Prove you can execute.  That's the way to get to the executive level. Just simply make shit happen, you get shit done."
  • You have to weigh shipping vs quality
  • Take measured risks, and don't be afraid to make mistakes

 

 David "DHH" Heinemeier Hansson is the creator of Ruby on Rails, founder & CTO at Basecamp(formerly 37signals), best-selling author, Le Mans class-winning racing driver, public speaker, hobbyist photographer, and family man. He is the best selling author of ReWork and Remote: Office Note Required.  You can also read his wildly popular writings on Medium.com/@dhh