Why does it inherently lead to hedonistic pursuits, that's a bit of an oversimplification. Minimizing work and maximizing income (aka minmaxing) is what you sh

Why does it inherently lead to hedonistic pursuits, that's a bit of an oversimplification. Minimizing work and maximizing income (aka minmaxing) is what you should do as the employee in the equation, just as the employer will try their best to set up a contract where and they maximize your work while minimizing your income, to do otherwise is just blind naïveté. And for some of us less hours spent on the job means more hours we can spend on the cultivation of hobbies, physical health and overall improving ourselves. Working as a software engineer is but a small facet of who I am.