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Great post. It reminded me of something I experienced in a previous job: One of my coworkers worked a lot of overtime at one point, I think he liked to feel li

Great post. It reminded me of something I experienced in a previous job: One of my coworkers worked a lot of overtime at one point, I think he liked to feel like the hero. In order to make sure a particular project was delivered in time. Guess what happened? The client just randomly pushed the deadline back a few months making all the overtime unnecessary. I know you can’t know if this will happen ahead of time, but it still reminded me that you can put in all the effort in the world and not get anything for it. Personally, I will do my absolute best within the confines of my contract, and no more. I might do some occasional overtime if it’s needed, but I expect my employer to return the favour when I need some time off or flexibility. I’ve had too many health issues from my past bad work practices (it’s hard to have good work practices when doing your own startups...) to do any more than that. Hell im being treated for high blood pressure right now...

0xFACEFEED 5y ago
> Guess what happened? The client just randomly pushed the deadline back a few months making all the overtime unnecessary. Sounds familiar. I'd push hard to reach a deadline only to see the deadline get pushed back because other, more sensible people, were not bending over backwards for the company. These are other sensible people could be folks on other teams (eg: marketing), business partners (eg: launch partners), or even customers. > I’ve had too many health issues from my past bad work practices (it’s hard to have good work practices when doing your own startups...) to do any more than that. Hell im being treated for high blood pressure right now... I feel you. It's impacted my health as well. I think permanently. I'm fortunate enough to have built up a financial war chest so that I can relax now, but boooy was I close to not having made it.

0xFACEFEED 5y ago

> Guess what happened? The client just randomly pushed the deadline back a few months making all the overtime unnecessary. Sounds familiar. I'd push hard to reach a deadline only to see the deadline get pushed back because other, more sensible people, were not bending over backwards for the company. These are other sensible people could be folks on other teams (eg: marketing), business partners (eg: launch partners), or even customers. > I’ve had too many health issues from my past bad work practices (it’s hard to have good work practices when doing your own startups...) to do any more than that. Hell im being treated for high blood pressure right now... I feel you. It's impacted my health as well. I think permanently. I'm fortunate enough to have built up a financial war chest so that I can relax now, but boooy was I close to not having made it.