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 title: "I've quit my job to get you off your phone"
 description: ""
-summary: ""
-images: [""]
 author: "Mario Ortiz Manero"
-tags: []
-keywords: []
+images: ["/blog/draft-quit-job-2024/map.png"]
+tags: ["tech", "entrepreneurship", "personal", "phone dependency"]
+keywords: ["tech", "phone dependency", "phone addiction", "eink", "calm companies", "dumbphones", "design"]
 series: ["dont-use-this-phone"]
-date: 2024-10-10
-GHissueID: TODO
+date: 2024-10-14
+GHissueID: 15
 draft: true
 ---
 
 :email: mailto:marioortizmanero@gmail.com
 
-I never expected that quitting my first job would be so hard! My time at Lyft
-has been awesome. Tons of smart people at three very different teams, where I've
-learned how the industry works. The technical challenges were fun and endless:
-from user-facing features in the app to improving the safety of
+I never expected quitting a job to be so hard! My time at Lyft has been an
+enriching journey. Tons of smart people at three very different teams, where
+I've learned how the industry works. The technical challenges were endless: from
+user-facing features in the app to improving the safety of
 https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/lyfts-secret-plan-to-take-control-of-its-maps-and-its-future[our
-routing stack].
-
-image::/blog/draft-quit-job/map.png[]
+routing].
 
 But after two years, I've realized that it just wasn't making me happy. My
 disconnect with the product was too big, and so much remote work didn't help,
@@ -32,26 +29,29 @@ I've always aspired to build a company, and this seemed like the right moment to
 try. Now or never. So here I am, soon to be jobless, contemplating life, yet
 excited about what's next.
 
+image::/blog/draft-quit-job-2024/map.png[]
+
 My company might fail (in fact, the odds are against me). But I'll have tried
-and learned! That makes me feel I'm making the best out of life, and it frees me
-of regrets. Mostly. It's still pretty insane that I quit.
+and learned! This decision reassures me I'm making the best out of life, and it
+frees me of regrets. Mostly. It's still pretty insane that I quit.
 
 It's early in my journey, but I can't stop myself from exploring my area of
 interest: phones. Or rather, phonesn't. Not having had the best year of my life,
 I found myself on my phone too much. The negative effects became obvious, and I
 want to do something about it.
 
-It's an incredibly complex challenge. Everyone overuses their phone in their own
-way. You have big companies _optimizing_ their app to get you stuck on it. And
-often, overuse is a symptom of a deeper problem, so you'd be better off directly
+This space is quite a challenge. Everyone overuses their phone in their own way.
+You have big companies _optimizing_ their app to get you stuck on it. And often,
+overuse is a symptom of a deeper problem, where you'd be better off directly
 fixing that.
 
 Yet, it's such a huge issue that I'm confident I can build something valuable.
 You don't need to be completely addicted to your phone to want to use it less.
 Among the thousand possible ideas -- even
-https://nullderef.com/blog/phone-intro/[building your own phone] --, I might get
-started with an innovative app to control screentime. It's frustrating that no
-existing apps have gone mainstream. Let's make it fun to reduce your usage.
+https://nullderef.com/blog/phone-intro/[manufacturing your own phone] —, I
+might get started with an innovative app to control screentime. It's frustrating
+that no existing apps have gone mainstream. Let's make it fun to reduce your
+usage.
 
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