Star Simpson

what brings you the most joy?

making things that are useful to other people

I should know, but I'm not part of your world. Example?

so, expanding, my greatest joy is meeting someone who actively uses something I've made (not because they like nor know me.)

small examples where this has worked out are https://octopart.com/blog/archives/2014/4/what-it-took-to-make-the-octopart-pcb-reference-card … or a simple set of sous vide machines (site no longer online)

they were called "54deg" (54 degrees Celsius being the best cooking temperature for this one dish we liked)

I met someone years later who "oh I bought one of those and I still use it" never prouder.

specific for me that the person must not know who I am/rely on the thing/forget or not think about where they got it from in use