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Good points, and wow, I didn't expect to find myself defending a four year old blog post today. I'm not sure where you get the "little to no warning" bit from
by jasonkester 16y ago
Good points, and wow, I didn't expect to find myself defending a four year old blog post today.
I'm not sure where you get the "little to no warning" bit from what I wrote. In the examples I cited, I gave about 2 months notice in both cases. The idea is certainly not to burn bridges or blackmail your employer. Just that it's OK to take the odd sabbatical.
I eventually migrated to consulting, where I could simply end a contract then disappear for the rest of the year. And from there, I migrated further to running my own product company, where you can disappear for 4 years straight as long as you have a laptop along.
Still, if I had a job today I wouldn't limit myself to 2 weeks vacation.
- crikli 16y agoThe two months notice part wasn't real clear in what you wrote; that definitely alters the context of the post. And I agree 100%: two weeks vacation is just dumb. People have families, kids, friends...that stuff is more important than work; once work gets more important than those things life gets hollow.
- simonk 16y agoI think the no warming comes from this "Two days later, ticket in hand, I strolled into the office of my department head." Got a ticket and then sounds like you leave on Friday for three months.
- jasonkester 16y agoI'm with you. I should have added "... but not actually wheeling a little suitcase behind me..." to that sentence. The next sentence is also ambiguous. It should mentally read "...before heading out 2 months later...". The funny thing is, this went to page one on Reddit back when it came out and nobody there misredd it.