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They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk.

by qurren 6d ago

Insanity 6d ago
What’s the risk? Not familiar enough with Singapore to judge that.
- qurren 6d ago
  Not Singapore specifically but in today's AI/tech world if you're not constantly working you're on the firing line. I'm in the Bay Area. It's Sunday morning and I'm working becasue I still need to pay for food, rent, and enormous medical bills and don't want to get fired, and I got yelled at by my director this morning on Slack because I'm not delivering fast enough despite squashing 12 months' worth of work into 4. I don't have time for books. Finding time for even exercise is hard.
  - Insanity 6d ago
    This sounds like mostly a USA problem and not something that extrapolates well to other countries. I had a suspicion it’d come from a US point of view lol. EDIT: while more common in the US, if you are actually regularly working weekends, look for a better job. In my part of FAANG I rarely have to work weekends, although the occasional crunch time can happen.
    - qurren 6d ago
      I've worked in Singapore before. It's not a chill work culture there either. In fact it's about the same.
  - tempaccountabcd 5d ago
    yet you have time for hn? lol.
ValentineC 6d ago
> They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk. If the "get paid to walk" programmes [1][2] were an inspiration for this, it's mostly retirees and students that will do and try to game this [3]. [1] https://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/healthyliving https://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/healthyliving [2] (RIP) https://www.hpb.gov.sg/healthy-living/our-lumihealth-journey/ https://www.hpb.gov.sg/healthy-living/our-lumihealth-journey... [3] https://sgunfitrunners.blogspot.com/2016/04/5-despicable-ways-to-earn-vouchers-on.html https://sgunfitrunners.blogspot.com/2016/04/5-despicable-way...
- hdgvhicv 5d ago
  Nobody is gaming something to make $7 a year.

They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk.

by qurren 6d ago

They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk.

Insanity 6d ago

What’s the risk? Not familiar enough with Singapore to judge that.

qurren 6d ago
Not Singapore specifically but in today's AI/tech world if you're not constantly working you're on the firing line. I'm in the Bay Area. It's Sunday morning and I'm working becasue I still need to pay for food, rent, and enormous medical bills and don't want to get fired, and I got yelled at by my director this morning on Slack because I'm not delivering fast enough despite squashing 12 months' worth of work into 4. I don't have time for books. Finding time for even exercise is hard.
- Insanity 6d ago
  This sounds like mostly a USA problem and not something that extrapolates well to other countries. I had a suspicion it’d come from a US point of view lol. EDIT: while more common in the US, if you are actually regularly working weekends, look for a better job. In my part of FAANG I rarely have to work weekends, although the occasional crunch time can happen.
  - qurren 6d ago
    I've worked in Singapore before. It's not a chill work culture there either. In fact it's about the same.
- tempaccountabcd 5d ago
  yet you have time for hn? lol.

ValentineC 6d ago

> They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk. If the "get paid to walk" programmes [1][2] were an inspiration for this, it's mostly retirees and students that will do and try to game this [3]. [1] https://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/healthyliving https://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/healthyliving [2] (RIP) https://www.hpb.gov.sg/healthy-living/our-lumihealth-journey/ https://www.hpb.gov.sg/healthy-living/our-lumihealth-journey... [3] https://sgunfitrunners.blogspot.com/2016/04/5-despicable-ways-to-earn-vouchers-on.html https://sgunfitrunners.blogspot.com/2016/04/5-despicable-way...

hdgvhicv 5d ago
Nobody is gaming something to make $7 a year.