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This is probably the most important thing. Plus the whole idea that money earned is a function of hours worked itself is wrong. It sure is some times, but most

by kamaal 5y ago

This is probably the most important thing. Plus the whole idea that money earned is a function of hours worked itself is wrong. It sure is some times, but most of the times it isn't. You also burnout, age quickly, catch diseases like hypertension and diabetes when you go through repeated stress and over work. You miss out on exercise and good diet. Most of it has impact on your well being. On the other hand money making seems to depend on a myriad factors like luck, office politics and not just working hours alone. So optimising for one parameter just doesn't make sense logically either.

kcplate 5y ago
Well I was salaried and frankly working much beyond 40 was always more about me trying to find the clever or perfect code, when all my employer really expected was just for the damn thing to work. What happened under the hood was less important than what I made it to be. When I realized striving for that perfection had zero positives beyond my own perception and tons of negatives, it was easy to find a better work/life balance.
- kamaal 5y ago
  >>when all my employer really expected was just for the damn thing to work. Working for glory never really makes sense in any field of work. This mostly due to Ozymandias factor. But for most people the Ozymandias age is a pretty small number. I don't even remember names of several colleagues I've worked with early life, so to expect any kind of recognition or even that some one cares about your work is just plain delusion. Most people struggle to remember what they had to dinner two days back. I'd like to imagine managers don't remember whose getting the word done, as long as it is getting done. Beyond all this most products/projects/service(s) have a short life, and are EOL not very far from their creation. So it just doesn't make sense to do permanent damage to your life for short lived easily forgotten stuff.
  - waynesonfire 5y ago
    Al Bundy remembers, four touchdowns one game, Polk High. And you know, Im okay with that. I could care less whether anyone else remembers or even notices. To me what's important is I do.

by kamaal 5y ago

kcplate 5y ago

Well I was salaried and frankly working much beyond 40 was always more about me trying to find the clever or perfect code, when all my employer really expected was just for the damn thing to work. What happened under the hood was less important than what I made it to be. When I realized striving for that perfection had zero positives beyond my own perception and tons of negatives, it was easy to find a better work/life balance.

kamaal 5y ago
>>when all my employer really expected was just for the damn thing to work. Working for glory never really makes sense in any field of work. This mostly due to Ozymandias factor. But for most people the Ozymandias age is a pretty small number. I don't even remember names of several colleagues I've worked with early life, so to expect any kind of recognition or even that some one cares about your work is just plain delusion. Most people struggle to remember what they had to dinner two days back. I'd like to imagine managers don't remember whose getting the word done, as long as it is getting done. Beyond all this most products/projects/service(s) have a short life, and are EOL not very far from their creation. So it just doesn't make sense to do permanent damage to your life for short lived easily forgotten stuff.
- waynesonfire 5y ago
  Al Bundy remembers, four touchdowns one game, Polk High. And you know, Im okay with that. I could care less whether anyone else remembers or even notices. To me what's important is I do.