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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Right. The third time, it turns out, was not the charm.
Okay.
I started [Hybrid Ink](https://hybrid.ink) back in 2018 almost on a whim. The idea was to start picking up unique novels that tickled my interest and helping bring them to a light. The mission statement was soon broadened to focus specifically on LGBTQIA+ works, and it seemed like a really good pet project to get working on.
I started [Hybrid Ink](https://hybrid.ink) back in 2018 almost on a whim. The idea was to start picking up unique novels that tickled my interest and bring them to light. The mission statement was soon narrowed to focus specifically on LGBTQIA+ works, and it seemed like a really good pet project to get working on.
By the time I was getting frustrated at the Archive, I was already toying with the idea of turning it from a pet project into an actual company that I could work for. It'd be easy enough, right?
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> So, untangle that.
I say "it'd be easy, right?" with the knowledge granted to me by hindsight that it was not, in fact, easy. It was not easy at all.
I say "it'd be easy, right?" with the knowledge granted by hindsight that it was not, in fact, easy. It was not easy at all.
My plan was to find a tech job and work there for a year, both ramping up Hybrid quickly and also saving my money to help support me as I delved into a job that would not be making me tech job money. I had it all worked out. I came up with six anthologies that I would publish, staggered across several months. By the time I was ready to leave my next job, the house would have picked up enough steam that it would be able to run on its own right.
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And then I started compromising my morals. Amazon was an option, right? They're a horrifying company, and I felt slimy and disgusting interviewing there, but a paycheck was a paycheck, right? I could hold my nose for a year or so to get back on my feet, right? I could not.
And then I started digging back into tech jobs. Maybe if I took a more junior position, I would be able to work more easily, That way, I reasoned, I would be less isolated, having to report to someone more senior. My day would be easier to get through without flailing at nothing.
And then I started digging back into tech jobs. Maybe if I took a more junior position, I would be able to work more easily. That way, I reasoned, I would be less isolated, having to report to someone more senior. My day would be easier to get through without flailing at nothing.
> Compromise is the warp and woof of the world, is it not? Here you are, compromising three times over, racing to find a job during your last few weeks at work, and failing ever downward.