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Maybe it's like that in, say, game development, but I've never seen these absurd hours in my career. A certain willingness to learn and do more than the standar
by abecedarius 10y ago
Maybe it's like that in, say, game development, but I've never seen these absurd hours in my career. A certain willingness to learn and do more than the standard curriculum is valued, yes, and there's crunch mode and harder-working startup jobs, but I haven't seen this hazing and exploitation from any of my employers.
- kamaal 10y ago>>I haven't seen this hazing and exploitation from any of my employers. Most employers won't. But yet some people pour in a lot of time to make themselves better. That is precisely the whole point. Its exactly a bit like school. Schools won't force you to put any hours. But people putting in late nighters and burning the midnight oil end up scoring high marks and getting better grades. How do you suggest we help low scoring students? By telling the better student to study less?
- abecedarius 10y agoMy top advice would be to look for their comparative advantage. For some that's an ability to work very hard at something they're not obviously talented at or attracted to. OTOH I knew someone who fit just that description who still failed to make the move from technician to programmer, after a lot of personal time studying.