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This self advocacy is encouraging and long overdue IMO. The Chinese colloquial term for developer is "码农". Its literal English translation is "code peasants" -
by ceohockey60 8y ago
This self advocacy is encouraging and long overdue IMO.
The Chinese colloquial term for developer is "码农". Its literal English translation is "code peasants" -- not the most flattering or respectful way to call software engineers.
I've recently heard horror stories, where 9-9-6 is no longer enough inside one of the Chinese tech giants, and 10-10-7 is expected (10am-10pm, 7 days/week)
I hope this brings about some positive change and won't just get blocked by the authority.
- Arcantium 8y agoWhy not just 9-9-7? Was there any reasoning behind starting and finishing at 10? Its still a 12 hour day.
- SenHeng 8y agoAvoiding rush hour traffic.
- ceohockey60 8y agoNot sure to be honest, were just anecdotes I heard.
- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj 8y agoMaybe just a playful way of making a more clear distinction between the two
- 4faramita 8y agoBecause you will be leaving at 10 or even 12 anyway, this way you can work for 3 hours more everyday
- rqs 8y agoIt could be funny to see the repo/GitHub gets blocked because of this. If it did, that will be a good wake up call for somebody who still sleeping.
- jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj 8y agoThat was my initial thought as well seeing as you can freely and anonymously discuss. But perhaps it's in the government's interest to have the people openly criticize these capitalist practices that have a negative impact on public health?
- swuecho 8y agothe gov does not care the individual at all.
- Tepix 8y agoThe chinese Companies that implement 996 are blocking the site in their browsers: http://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/chinese-browsers-block-protest-against-chinas-996-overtime-work-culture/article/3004543 http://www.abacusnews.com/digital-life/chinese-browsers-bloc...
- sliter 8y agoWell, 10-10-7 is outdated, code peasants are now joking about themselves as Double O Seven