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Side projects to get jobs? Surgeons don't do brain surgery in their free time
- h2odragon 3y agoAnd if they do, we go all "legal consequences" on them. Journalists should be moonlight as relationship counselors, telling one partner how all the problems are the other's fault. Narratives are far more valuable in a personal context.
- nh23423fefe 3y agoI don't want to do side projects. Or code on a whiteboard. Or have to have a degree. Face to face interviews give me anxiety. I also want to work remote for my mental health. Being evaluated is violence. $200k 4 day work week please.
- goqu 3y agoMany companies acknowledge the reality of burnout, and with a scarcity of talent in certain professions, they believe that offering 4 day workweeks is a step in the right direction. A bit of self-promotion here, but I curate a list of companies that offer shorter weeks for those who are interested: https://okjob.io/companies https://okjob.io/companies.
- Khelavaster 3y agoSurgeons actually often do pro bono work, medical volunteering, etc..
- ThrowawayR2 3y agoThat tweet is just plain ignorant. Medical school graduates go through several years of residency, which is closely supervised on-the-job training, before becoming physicians. It's rigorous, stressful, and the hours are very long. For the US in particular, residency for surgeons lasts 5 years and residency for neurosurgeons, since the tweet mentions brain surgery, lasts for 7 years; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residency_(medicine)#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residency_(medicine)#United_St... If the people who repeat this dumb meme want to do the effective equivalent of five to seven years of continuous examination on top of a rigorous college education before becoming developers just so they can have less rigorous interviews, they're welcome to go for it.