Been an employee in the space for a little while, used to get paid in Ethereum and as a rule of thumb, I would always sell everything straight away in order not to be tempted to hodl.
the basic and common rule here in crypto is hodl! hodl! hodl! and buy low sell high but im surprised to see that you have your own rule .
good for you mate . hodling is really addictive because once you get started to hodl you cannot get back anymore as the value will now start to move up and down .
in my case , i have also been paid in crypto as my salary here in the forum and it feels good because i can do many things with it that an actuall salary ( fiat ) cant do .