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Wesley
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What has been your biggest success factor? #Spring25
What were or is your motivation for success?
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Liam Rielly
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My biggest motivation is to find something interesting that I like and to delve deep into that topic/ field/ study. I am not very money motivated and it was difficult to put a price on myself when I needed to. When I do a job I find something interesting in it for me, that's worth more than the money I could be making.
A while ago I was talking to two family members I had not seen in a while. They were asking how data centers work everything from how do they go up so quickly to how do they secure the network, how does it use power and how do they license the software? Just anything they could think of that would be a challenge running a data center. I lit up like an old man in front of a camp fire telling the story of the stars to them when answering the questions. I had things about each of those questions I thought was amazing and wanted to share with them. In the end I said "its good work for now but I can see myself doing something different in the future" and they looked shocked. I'm not sure if they were expecting me to say I loved the company I was at, the field I was in, or if this was the part of my career I really wanted. Honestly I am a nerd and this is all stuff I nerd out about and that's why I like it. That's my motivator.
I consider myself successful, I consider the amount of money I make to be less than what I could be making. I measure the quality of my life as a success and in comparison to the people around me I am doing pretty well. I really like where I live, I like how I spend my time, the job I work affords me the personal time and development I need while still paying well. (To be honest my job right now is a really good deal!) Figure out how you measure success because you might be working too hard for nothing in return, you might be able to find something simple about what you already have or are doing that might be more rewarding than you think!
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A while ago I was talking to two family members I had not seen in a while. They were asking how data centers work everything from how do they go up so quickly to how do they secure the network, how does it use power and how do they license the software? Just anything they could think of that would be a challenge running a data center. I lit up like an old man in front of a camp fire telling the story of the stars to them when answering the questions. I had things about each of those questions I thought was amazing and wanted to share with them. In the end I said "its good work for now but I can see myself doing something different in the future" and they looked shocked. I'm not sure if they were expecting me to say I loved the company I was at, the field I was in, or if this was the part of my career I really wanted. Honestly I am a nerd and this is all stuff I nerd out about and that's why I like it. That's my motivator.
I consider myself successful, I consider the amount of money I make to be less than what I could be making. I measure the quality of my life as a success and in comparison to the people around me I am doing pretty well. I really like where I live, I like how I spend my time, the job I work affords me the personal time and development I need while still paying well. (To be honest my job right now is a really good deal!) Figure out how you measure success because you might be working too hard for nothing in return, you might be able to find something simple about what you already have or are doing that might be more rewarding than you think!
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