我想为一位在精神上觉醒的企业家工作。
你好。我决定不再为公司工作。我的精神与当今市场的缺陷指标不再契合。不过，我仍然希望给宇宙一个机会，让我与能够更深刻地看到我潜力的人联系。
我是一名程序员，具备强大的抽象能力。我在编程中最喜欢的领域是架构。但我看到的不止于此。我能感知到代码库中每个结构的象征性和精神意义。这是一种关于用户在数字空间中感受的视角，以及我们可以做些什么来与用户建立真实关系。这与用户体验（UX）工作者的工作相似，但我从更直观、整体的角度来看待它。而且我认为，要对一个项目有广阔的视野，我需要深入到操作层面，亲自参与其中。最贴切的词是“精神”，因为它暗示着超越表象的世界。而这正是我们所生活的世界。当我们与一个网站互动时，其结构以神秘的方式与我们的思维产生共鸣。一个系统不仅仅是一个系统，它有着生动的互动、自己的仪式和联想，远远超越了冷冰冰的理性。
当我进入一家公司并开始与其代码库互动时，我并不是像一个修水管的工人那样，仅仅修好管道就离开。我会带着所有的装备进入。我分析每一个结构。我感知到什么是稳固的，什么需要维护，什么是建立在不稳固基础上的。这就是为什么我常常花费更长时间。有时我甚至不写一行代码，因为仅仅理解架构就已经让我感到不堪重负。
尝试为这种工作方式辩护的机会很少，只有一次例外，那时我有一个很棒的领导，给了我完全的自由。我曾经整整一周没有交付任何东西……但我也在短短三天内使用不熟悉的技术构建了一个完整的最小可行产品（MVP）。这就是我生产力的流动性，这使得我很难适应大多数其他环境。
我无法在没有整体理解的情况下做任何事情。
因此，我的工作真正的价值，尤其是在大型代码库中，只有在长远中才能显现。当然，这并不意味着我懒惰。我往往工作得比健康所需的还要多（这是我正在积极改善的），但当唯一的标准是定量时，我的过程并不容易辩护。
“如果我雇佣你，你会在长远中成为一个高效的开发者吗？”可能不会。因为今天，我并不追求超高的生产力。我可以追求，我在某些时候确实追求过，但我对此感到后悔。我知道，只有在尊重健康的生活与工作平衡的前提下，我才能在长时间内做出有意义的贡献。
现在，拥有更定量、笛卡尔思维的人可能会想：“这听起来像个坏交易。为什么要雇佣一个速度较慢、价值只有几年后才能显现的人，尤其是如果我不会在那时看到结果？”
这就是为什么适合我合作的人是那些领导更个人化项目的人。一个与他们自我连接深度相关的项目。但当然，如果你在一家企业工作，并且有空间引入像我这样的人，我也会对此持开放态度。这并不是关于项目本身（只要它不是邪恶的，显然），而是关于这种工作方式可能存在的环境。
好吧，给物质主义者一个实质性的优势：我非常实惠。住在巴西，过着非常简单的生活，年薪1.5万美元就已经很有说服力。
我有四年的经验。我是一名不错的Ruby on Rails开发者，但我也在不断扩展，坦白说，技术栈对我来说并不是很重要。我学习很快，因为我真正学会了编程，而不仅仅是一个框架。
我是一个理智的人（尽管这篇文章有些疯狂），轻松、简单，甚至有点有趣。我最喜欢的人生哲学是道教：同情、适度和谦逊。
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