How to evaluate whether a job will crush your soul: Anil Dash's guide
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Anil Dash
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Summary
Anil Dash offers a timeless set of questions to help people evaluate whether a potential job will be fulfilling or soul-crushing, particularly in the tech industry. Drawing from years of personal advice shared with friends, the article provides practical criteria for assessing workplace culture, values alignment, and long-term career satisfaction beyond just salary and perks.
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They're a short list of questions that help you judge whether a job that you're considering is going to crush your soul or not.
Obviously, not everyone is going to get to work in an environment that has perfect answers to all of these questions; a lot of the time, we're lucky just to get a place to work
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