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Note: I am not related to gun.io, just saw what they were offering through the CTO's Zappa docs and thought it was interesting. https://github.com/Miserlou/Zappa
I’m very suspicious of people who say they work more than 40 hours per week. I wonder about how many hours are high productivity and how many are wasted or low intensity. I definitely work no more than 50 and average around 40. I’ve met quite a few who do 60 hours and still meet real obligations.
Life is not a rehearsal and is definitely not a sprint. I challenge people who work 80 hours per week to demonstrate full community/family participation. It’s ok to do it for a short time but don’t kid yourself and think it’s a good idea for long periods.
Another item: 6 weeks vacation is a requirement.
Spoiler: I work for myself. I’m not unique. Plenty of other people are doing this.
You sound like a good candidate to be a freelancer. Decide your own hours, mostly your own terms and take breaks whenever you want. Only problem is that you have to learn to sell a lot more than what you do as a regular job candidate. "I only like to stay for a year or less at a given place and then quit " This is going to start looking bad after a while for full-time jobs. It is perfectly ok if you are freelancing t…
But 40h/week is not what you get when you're freelancing. Freelance is a mix of sales, dev, consulting. You may get 20h/week some days, 60h/week other days. There's an awful lot of stress that comes with arguing with yourself and pushing yourself to keep moving.
I think OP just wants to be comfortable and relaxed.
I happen to work for (and know of others) a Canadian company that values very highly work-life balance and isn't targeting its hiring towards people who work a lot. This creates a culture where you don't need to take several months off to recharge, because your day-to-day is already sustainable. Similarly I don't see any reason why you couldn't take a few months off every so often for personal reasons, but still be able to return to the same job once you felt recharged.
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You sound like a good candidate to be a freelancer. Decide your own hours, mostly your own terms and take breaks whenever you want. Only problem is that you have to learn to sell a lot more than what you do as a regular job candidate. "I only like to stay for a year or less at a given place and then quit " This is going to start looking bad after a while for full-time jobs. It is perfectly ok if you are freelancing t…
Freelancer here. Sorry for the downvote. But 40h/week is not what you get when you're freelancing. Freelance is a mix of sales, dev, consulting. You may get 20h/week some days, 60h/week other days. There's an awful lot of stress that comes with arguing with yourself and pushing yourself to keep moving. I think OP just wants to be comfortable and relaxed.
I suspect that you want to move on from your jobs after a year or less because of burnout, etc. Perhaps if you join a company that has a sustainable working culture and minimal office politics then you would not encounter the same problem. I happen to work for (and know of others) a Canadian company that values very highly work-life balance and isn't targeting its hiring towards people who work a lot. This creates a…
You sound like a good candidate to be a freelancer. Decide your own hours, mostly your own terms and take breaks whenever you want. Only problem is that you have to learn to sell a lot more than what you do as a regular job candidate. "I only like to stay for a year or less at a given place and then quit " This is going to start looking bad after a while for full-time jobs. It is perfectly ok if you are freelancing t…
Freelancer here. Sorry for the downvote. But 40h/week is not what you get when you're freelancing. Freelance is a mix of sales, dev, consulting. You may get 20h/week some days, 60h/week other days. There's an awful lot of stress that comes with arguing with yourself and pushing yourself to keep moving. I think OP just wants to be comfortable and relaxed.
Freelancing involves so much more unpaid work. It's a mini startup, you are in charge. Startups can be easier mentally because you have a mission.
This may cut against what some other are saying, but I've found larger tech companies to be very reasonable about the 40 hr work weeks. As you stated, you've had experience all at web startups. Startups tend to encourage the "work-all-day-every-day" mentality whereas (at least in my experience) larger tech companies will let you do your 40 hrs. Doesn't necessarily have to be a strictly tech company. A large corp of a…
I wish I could do the 9-5 thing at those companies (given the great pay and benefits, adding a predictable and sane work schedule would be perfect).
You may last a couple years being the odd one out doing strictly 40h a week, but performance review is going to catch up with you at some point.
These days I bite the bullet and stay till 8 or 9pm at the office regularly.