When this one guy at my company, who is sometimes my boss but not really, gives me a project to do. He literally will just say "Hey so we need to build X that accomplishes Y, and will be displayed on Z." And him, my programmer, and myself will sit down and try to figure out the best way to go about it. Then I just get to do it. No micromanaging. No updates once a day. Just do it. And I get to just be creative and lovely and code and listen to music and design and really just get inspired and take the time to actually create something. Occasionally I'll ask for feedback on functionality or colors or proportions. And he gives it and I go back on my journey of creation. It's fucking fantastic.
That's incredible. I doubt many others lack the freedom you have within the work space. Whenever a musician gets a grant, I imagine a similar feeling is had. To be paid to be creative, and paid well, is something I think most strive for.
It's only the one guy, who is the head of tech and has no formal education yet is the most brilliant, sane person in the company. He has been in the same position as me and knows his creative problem solving / freedom is hindered by the over-managing higher ups at times. So when I get projects from him, he doesn't do the same. This is a pretty rare occurrence as I am usually busy with the CEO and Presidents and marketing tasks but boy is it nice when it happens.
Nice. Do you feel as if this is often your best work?
I do. If you go to http://supergeniustay.com/slate.html that's my current work in progress. I have added JS stuff in the last few days to make it actually work... but I haven't updated it to have that server yet. But you get the idea. It's purpose is for restaurants and or hotels to put these 7 inch tablets in rooms or the lobby for people to order and play etc from the unit. It has pretty cool potential. This is like version -1.7 so lots of work but when we show the semi functioning one to potential clients we will figure out all the API and redesign etc for the client.