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>I presume this means getting a 9-5 at a laundromat in Ohio and working on open source projects in your spare time. This doesn't sound like it'd be any more co
by rpazyaquian 10y ago
>I presume this means getting a 9-5 at a laundromat in Ohio and working on open source projects in your spare time.
This doesn't sound like it'd be any more conducive to productivity on side-projects than a 9-5 at a tech job. Consuming 8 hours of the work day is bad for productivity no matter what.
Also, nthing the sentiment that tech hiring is screwed up. I highly doubt that companies are having a hard time finding engineers at all.
- wwwdonohue 10y ago> This doesn't sound like it'd be any more conducive to productivity on side-projects than a 9-5 at a tech job. Consuming 8 hours of the work day is bad for productivity no matter what. Well, yeah. But it's way more authentic.
- sdenton4 10y agoI had a friend in grad school who got a pile of good math research done while working the overnight shift at a hotel. There's a handful of these jobs where you just need a body present, and the mind is free to go as far as it wants...