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Unfortunately the statement that 40 hrs a weeks is optimal for each and every person is yet another fallacy. I've started my first full-time job a year ago, I w
by jakub_g 14y ago
Unfortunately the statement that 40 hrs a weeks is optimal for each and every person is yet another fallacy. I've started my first full-time job a year ago, I work in France as a dev on a 37.5 hrs contract (extended French 35 hrs in exchange for more days off, which is pretty standard in tech companies here AFAIK).
For the first couple of months, I've been drifting away mentally after 6.5-7 hrs. Now I'm used to it, and of course, sometimes when I'm in programming nirvana, I deliberately stay longer to finish some logical part of the task to avoid the recreating-the-context problems next day, but anyway even with avg of 37.5 hrs a week, in the long term I'm exhausted.
Long commute (2x1h) and living alone (everything's on my head) certainly do not help.
- capisce 14y agoIf you live alone, why not move closer to the office?
- jakub_g 14y agoThe company is located in the middle of nowhere ;) But I'd have to consider this soon indeed.
- capisce 14y agoTake into account that commuting has a strong negative effect on happiness: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kirsten-dirksen/happiness-research-ranks-_b_829591.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kirsten-dirksen/happiness-rese...
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoIf you can, avoid working at companies located in the middle of nowhere. Location is the first thing I consider when working for a company, and if it means a real car commute or living in the middle of nowhere...the better tech companies understand having a decent location is very important in retaining talent!