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> "Fortunately having an unchallenging job can provide lots of time and energy for research and side projects that can lead to jumping into more interesting wor
by weland 13y ago
> "Fortunately having an unchallenging job can provide lots of time and energy for research and side projects that can lead to jumping into more interesting work."
That's not always true.
It only works if the job is both easy and coming at a low enough pace that you can do it in a couple of hours and forget about it.
However, when the amount of work itself is overwhelming and the job is unchallenging, it works out the other way: it sweeps all your energy and leaves you burnt out at the end of the day. You get home and all you want to do is drink a couple of beers and watch a TV series until you're sleepy enough that you can go to bed and fall asleep, getting just enough sleep to be ready for more bullshit the next day.
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- SubMachinePun 13y ago> However, when the amount of work itself is overwhelming and the job is unchallenging, it works out the other way: it sweeps all your energy and leaves you burnt out at the end of the day. You get home and all you want to do is drink a couple of beers and watch a TV series until you're sleepy enough that you can go to bed and fall asleep, getting just enough sleep to be ready for more bullshit the next day." I'm on some twisted variant of that where I'm stuck trying to sift through a backlog of tutorials or Algorithm review so I can still be considered remotely competent enough to apply elsewhere, finding myself staying up 'til 1, sometimes 2AM, only to wake up the next day to repeat the cycle. Only reason I haven't 'rocked the boat' yet with my supervisor is because it's a fairly high-profile project, but definitely starting to apply elsewhere if they ignore my request to switch from backend to front-end after this. Glad to know I'm not the only one.