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There are happier because their work is finite. They do athletic sessions, they are done, their time then is their own. As software dev/lead/manager/pm you are
by vl 3y ago
There are happier because their work is finite. They do athletic sessions, they are done, their time then is their own. As software dev/lead/manager/pm you are never done, there is always next thing to do.
This why some devs become SREs - your shift is over, you are done.
- kenjackson 3y agoThat probably plays a factor.
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- Frog0fWar 3y agoI'm not sure about SREs - it probably depends on company, but where I work, if you aren't oncall, you develop projects similarly to a SWE - so you can still think about work after you clock out.
- astrange 3y agoOne reason devs work a lot more is that getting paid more causes you to work more, not less, because you miss out more by not working. (This is why two income families are a sign of high wages more than poverty. And that both of you have relatively equal earning power of course.)
- darkwater 3y agoAgree to this minus the SRE part which cannot be more wrong.
- nvarsj 3y agoI think you got it flipped. It’s a lot easier to switch off as an SWE compared to SRE. I moved to SWE precisely for that reason.