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Working nights and weekends is a luxury for the young and childless. It's just not realistic for most people with families.
by meddlepal 8y ago
Working nights and weekends is a luxury for the young and childless. It's just not realistic for most people with families.
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoVery much this. I'll add that some jobs leave little free time and/or little mental energy during the week once you get basic self-care out of the way.
- dceddia 8y agoI almost added a bit about the > 40 hr/week problem. I can only speak for myself but out of the 3 software jobs I've had none of them regularly required more than 40 hours/week. That's a privilege for sure, but those jobs do exist. Probably not at most startups, and probably not at most sexy well-known companies... but it's a tradeoff (like everything, it seems) -- the shiny line on your resume from AmaGooFaceSoft, Inc. or the tiny chance at a big payout vs. making a decent salary and being able to forget about work outside the hours of 9 to 5. It probably varies by area of the world/country as well. I imagine the long hours are more the norm in the middle of a startup hub city vs. out in the suburbs.
- nicoburns 8y agoTrue, but then all of the other ways listed are also luxuries. So this is seems like a reasonable option for those it is available to (i.e. those without dependants)
- dceddia 8y agoAs a young (well not that young) and childless, yeah. I don't think this can work for everyone. But it's another option to consider.