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> But I can also think of two concrete reasons why you would want to cook for yourself The third one is cost. You can essentially always beat the restaurant on
by adventured 7y ago
> But I can also think of two concrete reasons why you would want to cook for yourself
The third one is cost. You can essentially always beat the restaurant on cost, often by a lot, due to their overhead and desire to yield a profit for the owner. At home you supply the labor and eat the profit (so to speak). Your typical family will find it dramatically less expensive to eat in than to eat out.
- brianwawok 7y agoThat’s kind of a wash. How much do you bill an hour as a developer, at least $100? If it takes an hour to cook a meal, I doubt you saved $100 in cost. Now obviously the number of hours you can bill in a day and be sane has a limit...
- joejerryronnie 7y agoFood from a restaurant is way more expensive than prepping and cooking yourself at home. Add a doordash markup/delivery fee/tip on top of that, multiply it by a family of four and you’re not too far away from that $100.
- larnmar 7y agoA meal that takes an hour of actively cooking is a very complicated/fancy meal. Ten to twenty minutes is more realistic for an ordinary weeknight meal, and a simple meal (eg pasta with sauce) is just a few minutes’ work.
- trynewideas 7y ago> How much do you bill an hour as a developer, at least $100? Take a break, man.
- ReptileMan 7y agoI don't know how you sleep - this is losing 800$ in opportunity cost every night. Also cooking is time intensive only if you do it wrong. And actually a good way to fill some time while too tired from coding ...
- esotericn 7y agoHow much did you bill for this comment? Better stop reading. Did you brush your teeth this morning? How much did you bill for that eh buddy? Come on now.