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> He works 10-12 hours a day, 60 hours a week, 6 days a week > Work life balance and taking care of his family is just part of that deal as well. I don't judg

> He works 10-12 hours a day, 60 hours a week, 6 days a week > Work life balance and taking care of his family is just part of that deal as well. I don't judge anyone for how they like to spend their time (and certainly admire Carmack), but what work/life balance? There isn't much except work there.

jessermeyer 4y ago
Work/life balance applies to people who would ordinarily not do their work if they did not have to.
- balfirevic 4y ago
  That binary classification doesn't make much sense. What amount of work? I'm pretty sure many people would willingly work 10-15 hours/week (or 24/32/whatever) even if they didn't have to, but not necessarily 40.
  - t-3 4y ago
    I assure you, I will never stock shelves, deal with abuse at a register, drive a hilo, work in a factory, touch Windows, etc. if I don't get paid to.
bryanlarsen 4y ago
100 hours a week is no life. If you can eliminate the average 90 minutes a day commuting Americans do, along with the average 20 hours a week spent cooking and cleaning et cetera by hiring people to do that for you, a rich person can have more life working 60 hours a week than a poor person has working 40. Carmack is a high level martial artist. That would have required a significant time commitment.
- balfirevic 4y ago
  > Carmack is a high level martial artist. That would have required a significant time commitment. Interestingly, it might not be the that significant of a commitment in terms of raw hours although it certainly is in terms of consistency and persistence. Quick googling reveals that it might take around 2500 training hours to get to BJJ black belt (I guess if you're pretty talented). Over 10-year period, that's just under 5 hours/week. And BJJ black belt is a pretty big deal.
  - borroka 4y ago
    I think I got my jiu jitsu black belt with about 2,500 hours on the mat, say 5 hours a week on average for 52 weeks for 10 years. With a more effective teaching model, I believe one could achieve the proficiency needed for a black belt in 2/3 of the time. However, this does not mean becoming a name on the world stage, for which much more talent and possibly more hours of practice are needed: talent saves many hours of practice that are instead needed by less talented practitioners, assuming that the latter can reach the level of talented people even in the limit of infinite time and youth.
    - balfirevic 4y ago
      Congratulations on your black belt! I'm a white, but won't be even advancing to blue with my training (in)consistency, haha. Yeah, competitive scene is a whole different beast.
makapuf 4y ago
Well he did have enough spare time to build a working rocket, or did that count as work also?

jessermeyer 4y ago

Work/life balance applies to people who would ordinarily not do their work if they did not have to.

balfirevic 4y ago
That binary classification doesn't make much sense. What amount of work? I'm pretty sure many people would willingly work 10-15 hours/week (or 24/32/whatever) even if they didn't have to, but not necessarily 40.
- t-3 4y ago
  I assure you, I will never stock shelves, deal with abuse at a register, drive a hilo, work in a factory, touch Windows, etc. if I don't get paid to.

bryanlarsen 4y ago

100 hours a week is no life. If you can eliminate the average 90 minutes a day commuting Americans do, along with the average 20 hours a week spent cooking and cleaning et cetera by hiring people to do that for you, a rich person can have more life working 60 hours a week than a poor person has working 40. Carmack is a high level martial artist. That would have required a significant time commitment.

balfirevic 4y ago
> Carmack is a high level martial artist. That would have required a significant time commitment. Interestingly, it might not be the that significant of a commitment in terms of raw hours although it certainly is in terms of consistency and persistence. Quick googling reveals that it might take around 2500 training hours to get to BJJ black belt (I guess if you're pretty talented). Over 10-year period, that's just under 5 hours/week. And BJJ black belt is a pretty big deal.
- borroka 4y ago
  I think I got my jiu jitsu black belt with about 2,500 hours on the mat, say 5 hours a week on average for 52 weeks for 10 years. With a more effective teaching model, I believe one could achieve the proficiency needed for a black belt in 2/3 of the time. However, this does not mean becoming a name on the world stage, for which much more talent and possibly more hours of practice are needed: talent saves many hours of practice that are instead needed by less talented practitioners, assuming that the latter can reach the level of talented people even in the limit of infinite time and youth.
  - balfirevic 4y ago
    Congratulations on your black belt! I'm a white, but won't be even advancing to blue with my training (in)consistency, haha. Yeah, competitive scene is a whole different beast.

makapuf 4y ago

Well he did have enough spare time to build a working rocket, or did that count as work also?