<story><title>I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own</title><url>https://codeamigo.dev?ref=HN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mtc010170</author><text>Way to be! It&amp;#x27;s silly how often employers overlook the &amp;quot;I just really want to be part of&amp;#x2F;build this&amp;quot; factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>PragmaticPulp</author><text>&amp;gt; It&amp;#x27;s silly how often employers overlook the &amp;quot;I just really want to be part of&amp;#x2F;build this&amp;quot; factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.&lt;p&gt;Every startup I&amp;#x27;ve been a part of has picked up a few extremely passionate but not necessarily fully qualified people along the way. It&amp;#x27;s &lt;i&gt;hard&lt;/i&gt; to turn down an enthusiastic candidate who really, really likes your company, so they&amp;#x27;re often given a chance.&lt;p&gt;Some of them turned out to be excellent teammates who did everything necessary to grow into the role.&lt;p&gt;But sadly, many of them just wanted to be startup people without doing the startup grunt work. Worst case, someone with a lot of passion that goes in a different direction than the founders can become a drag on the company or create a lot of conflict. (NOTE: I&amp;#x27;m speaking generally, not implying this is the case with the linked author)&lt;p&gt;Passionate people are &lt;i&gt;generally&lt;/i&gt; good when their skills and wants align with the company, but if they&amp;#x27;re not well-aligned then the passion just amplifies every conflict.</text></comment>
<story><title>I was rejected by Codecademy three times, so I built my own</title><url>https://codeamigo.dev?ref=HN</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mtc010170</author><text>Way to be! It&amp;#x27;s silly how often employers overlook the &amp;quot;I just really want to be part of&amp;#x2F;build this&amp;quot; factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>WesolyKubeczek</author><text>&amp;gt; &amp;quot;I just really want to be part of&amp;#x2F;build this&amp;quot; factor. People with that make for excellent teammates.&lt;p&gt;Not always. You want to be a part of something&amp;#x2F;build something, and then you want to build it YOUR way. Or you see an obvious hole and then an ugly battle between your ego and that of the chief architect ensues.&lt;p&gt;Also, there may be cases when you want to be a part of something, meet your heroes, and then it all goes pear-shaped. Because you shouldn&amp;#x27;t meet your heroes.&lt;p&gt;And sometimes it&amp;#x27;s better to have mercenaries who don&amp;#x27;t necessary believe in the same thing as you but care a lot about their own reputation and take pride in having done a good job.</text></comment>