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And that is a great example of why career advice that uses words like 'dreams' and 'love' is such bullshit. People who follow it end up turning themselves into
by rwallace 12y ago
And that is a great example of why career advice that uses words like 'dreams' and 'love' is such bullshit. People who follow it end up turning themselves into little more than slaves.
- mercurial 12y agoIt depends if your dreams take you in an area of the software industry well known for long hours, terrible work practices and comparatively small pay. AFAIK, nobody asks pentesters to work 90 hours a week.
- phaus 12y agoAs a network security analyst, I know quite a few former pen-testers. Every single one of them cites 70+ hour weeks as their primary reason for getting out of it. Its not 90, but its also not 40.
- maccard 12y agoIt's definitely a problem in games, but there are plenty of people working 9-5:30 or so with regular lives outside work. There's plenty of SV startup that would have you work similar hours with similar pay as the notorious gaming studios.