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> There may be many "engineers", but they are not really dedicated to their field. What qualifies you to decide someone isn’t “dedicated” enough?

• sheepmullet 9y ago
  Results are all that matters. All the top devs I know have had to put the hours in. Same as all the top lawyers and all the top engineers. If you can be in the top 5-10% of your field while never working more than a 40 hour week and no side projects or out of hours study then more power to you. But that's rare. When I was, arguably, in the top 5% I was working 45-50 hours a week at a great job and doing 2 hours a day self study on top.
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  • txsh 9y ago
    I have reservations to take my wife out on Valentines Day. Should I instead divorce her so I can spend more time balancing binary trees? Would that get me hired, sir?
    • sheepmullet 9y ago
      > Should I instead divorce her so I can spend more time balancing binary trees? It takes a lot of sacrifice to make it to the top. Should I be allowed to study while you enjoy your Valentines Day? Then I might just get ahead of you. Luckily for us in tech you can make good money without being in the top 5-10%.