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The only way it makes sense to abuse oneself like this is if you have an ownership stake in the company (a real one, not some unvested options), or get paid by
by gnu8 7y ago
The only way it makes sense to abuse oneself like this is if you have an ownership stake in the company (a real one, not some unvested options), or get paid by the hour. Otherwise you should rinse your coffee cup and walk out the door after hour 40.
- zeropnc 7y agoOr, you know, you enjoy your work/working
- gnu8 7y agoIf you enjoy coding so much that you don't get enough of it at work, contribute to or start an open source project, or create a proprietary software product to sell for your own profit. Don't donate free work to the company that's already paying you a salary for a set amount of effort.
- 0lpbm 7y agoWell, I think the scale of the problems you can takle on your own in an open source project vs. as part of an established game dev studio team is quite different. Please don't project your own perspective on other's people work/life balance and consider it as the only valid way that things can be.