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Alex Reardon on Balancing Work, Life, and Large Side Projects

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Having One Night a Week

i'm happy to talk about the benefits of doing side rojects, but i'm glad we're going in this direction for now. So you need tot understand what's important to you, what's important with your time. Is it more important for you to be a rock star, a suffer engineer, or to meaningfully invest and engage with the people around you? And i think the answer to those questions, those really deep questions, will impact what you do with your time and how you spend your time. You have to know in your head that it's going to take a while. When you're only you know, one night a week, but what i'm wondering about is

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