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Agree with this 100%. Hustle porn is toxic and and the ethos needs to be avoided. It is clear why people latch onto the narrative. Working insane hours is a wa
by honkycat 8y ago
Agree with this 100%. Hustle porn is toxic and and the ethos needs to be avoided.
It is clear why people latch onto the narrative. Working insane hours is a way to conceal incompetence.
When your boss or employees come knocking and sees the complete waste you have made of your task, you can point at your complete lack of social life and how much you have martyred yourself for your company as proof of your competence. "I can't be a fuck-up, look at how hard I worked!" THAT is a participation trophy.
I have a revolutionary new form of hustle: It's called taking care of yourself and getting an education AKA "Growing Up".
I do weight training after work every day. I eat healthy. I cook food with my girlfriend. I read multiple programming books a month ( Shout-out to Uncle Bob!). I read multiple other types of books a month. I meditate. I go to bed on time and get up on time. I work on side-projects. I even find time to smoke some weed and play video games with my friends!
And I am extremely productive. I'm constantly learning. I measure twice and cut once instead of hopelessly flailing at a keyboard long into the night. I do not need to martyr myself to make sure everyone around me knows how hard I am working, it's just obvious from the quality of my work.
- trevyn 8y agoI think working hard is fun, regardless of whether anyone’s watching me or if it’s productive.
- honkycat 8y agoPersonally, I think I work pretty hard! I don't think I slack off, I just recognize that I'm going to get more out of doing weight training than I will spending another hour on the same code-base I've been hacking on for the last 8 hours. To be clear: I hate working out. HATE. IT. It is so boring!
- xvilka 8y agoI think this is exactly the same problem. If you don't like it why to push? Just do training of another kind of the sport? Maybe more active or team one.
- collyw 8y agoThis is exactly how I think. Gyms are possibly the most boring unimaginative ways of getting exercise as I see it. Personally I cycle to work and that gives me 45 minutes of decent exercise per day. When I get the chance to I like whitewater kayaking, mountain biking or skiing depending on the season. Climbing is another one that I used to do and want to start again.
- itronitron 8y agothis may be the first HN comment that increases in sarcasm exponentially with each paragraph.
- opportune 8y agoI hustle so hard that I don't even need to hustle
- fierro 8y agoYou a great person! Tell us more
- roel_v 8y agoThis. Also, please start a blog, a podcast and a youtube channel, so that I can be inspired by your anti-hustling lifestyle every day.
- analogmemory 8y agoI can't tell if you're being sarcastic
- sooheon 8y agoI love comments like this where your reaction to it flip flops between reverence and revulsion like an optical illusion.
- slimshady94 8y agoDon't you harbour dreams of having a startup and working with your own agency? Or pursuing a hobby like music or adventure sports seriously? You seem capable enough to do that well, why are you living life like a robot? Leave your job and travel the world with your girlfriend! I could even say you're wasting your productive potential - you could change the world instead of living this happy temporary life. /s
- arvinsim 8y agoI almost typed out a disbelieving response because I missed the /s :D
- Novashi 8y ago>I do weight training after work every day. Dunno about that; you're supposed to have breaks so the muscle has time to repair itself unless you're just not pushing.
- roel_v 8y agoNot if you're intermediate or advanced and go on split routines.
- elcinr 8y agoThe muscle has 23 hours to repair itself. Post body
- thousandautumns 8y agoNot if you are working different muscle groups.