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Generally true. The next step of optimization would be automating parts of your job so you can reduce 8 hours of work to like 6 hours of work. Now you have more

Generally true. The next step of optimization would be automating parts of your job so you can reduce 8 hours of work to like 6 hours of work. Now you have more time for yourself.

Zababa 5y ago
Well, unless your job requires you to be present for 8 hours, in which case it's harder to use those 2 new hours.
- Viliam1234 5y ago
  If presence is all that is required during those 2 hours, there are some useful things you can do: Think. Make plans on paper. Study.
penjelly 5y ago
except in practice this never works. you cant automate all tasks, even as a programmer a lot of time is spent architecting or debugging, even requirements gathering in some cases. Those details aside, if you automated hours of your job away youd then be asked to do more work (or if you own the place youd probably want to improve your product more anyway) instead of just sitting around working on your own projects during business hours, which some businesses would fire you for or at least theyd claim your work as their intellectual property.
- skhr0680 5y ago
  Even if you don’t go as far as working on side projects at work, automating even 30min-1hr worth of manual tasks can leave you less exhausted when you get home.
- ghostbrainalpha 5y ago
  You don't have to tell your office every time you automate a task do you?
taneq 5y ago
So you can do 2 more hours of work, you mean?
chii 5y ago
> you can reduce 8 hours of work to like 6 hours of work. even if you assume this is possible, why would your boss pay you for the 8 hours when it clearly is possible to only pay 6? You end up back where you're started. The issue here is that the income you generate from your job is not enough. I dont know what the solution is - but under a capitalist world-view, the only solution is to own more capital, get that capital to produce your income stream (dividends or capital gains or whatever), and thus, give yourself back time. AKA, this is called retiring, and if you can do it early, you end up with a better life, able to spend your energies on activities you care about (such as making this game).

Generally true. The next step of optimization would be automating parts of your job so you can reduce 8 hours of work to like 6 hours of work. Now you have more time for yourself.

Zababa 5y ago

Well, unless your job requires you to be present for 8 hours, in which case it's harder to use those 2 new hours.

Viliam1234 5y ago
If presence is all that is required during those 2 hours, there are some useful things you can do: Think. Make plans on paper. Study.

penjelly 5y ago

except in practice this never works. you cant automate all tasks, even as a programmer a lot of time is spent architecting or debugging, even requirements gathering in some cases. Those details aside, if you automated hours of your job away youd then be asked to do more work (or if you own the place youd probably want to improve your product more anyway) instead of just sitting around working on your own projects during business hours, which some businesses would fire you for or at least theyd claim your work as their intellectual property.

skhr0680 5y ago
Even if you don’t go as far as working on side projects at work, automating even 30min-1hr worth of manual tasks can leave you less exhausted when you get home.
ghostbrainalpha 5y ago
You don't have to tell your office every time you automate a task do you?

taneq 5y ago

So you can do 2 more hours of work, you mean?

chii 5y ago

> you can reduce 8 hours of work to like 6 hours of work. even if you assume this is possible, why would your boss pay you for the 8 hours when it clearly is possible to only pay 6? You end up back where you're started. The issue here is that the income you generate from your job is not enough. I dont know what the solution is - but under a capitalist world-view, the only solution is to own more capital, get that capital to produce your income stream (dividends or capital gains or whatever), and thus, give yourself back time. AKA, this is called retiring, and if you can do it early, you end up with a better life, able to spend your energies on activities you care about (such as making this game).