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Rich Siegel on shipping

“Shipping something that isn’t what you hoped for is just a reality in the business.”Rich Siegel

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Chris Pearson June 17, 2011 at 4:39 pm

Concessions make baby Jesus cry :’(

Chase June 17, 2011 at 4:56 pm

It’s true but:

  1. Jesus has plenty of tears.
  2. it goes along with the Ira Glass quote on doing the work. You’re often going to fail your own taste because you have great taste. Make tons of things regardless.

This quote is interesting kinda fk’s with me. It comes from a long time veteran of the software world talking about shipping things before the internet, when you couldn’t just push an update. Even then he had to make hard decisions for whatever reasons.

It’s something I’m thinking loads about because I have a kid and a wife and I like cocktails… but I really fuggin care about the work I do. There’s too much I love.

So I’m fascinated with this balance between when good enough is good enough.

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