One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
Thanks a lot Helen, I tend to obsess in my bad days to obsess on the views of my successful posts and be disappointed by my non successful posts, and that's energy wasted that could be redirected into writing more articles.
I think genuine conversations is the right metric.
I've had the same experiences where posts I've put a lot of time into don't get a lot of views, and posts I've put together quickly get many more.
It's much more enjoyable to have those conversations with those reading my posts rather than trying to figure out why the page views are what they are so I'm doing my best to ignore the numbers.
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Thanks a lot Helen, I tend to obsess in my bad days to obsess on the views of my successful posts and be disappointed by my non successful posts, and that's energy wasted that could be redirected into writing more articles.
I think genuine conversations is the right metric.
I've had the same experiences where posts I've put a lot of time into don't get a lot of views, and posts I've put together quickly get many more.
It's much more enjoyable to have those conversations with those reading my posts rather than trying to figure out why the page views are what they are so I'm doing my best to ignore the numbers.
Just as you have eluded to, views != Impact 🙅