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I'm on the other end, I do think your life should revolve around the thing that you are doing 8+ hours a day. I currently have colleagues which are the same like you and it feels I have to pull them through the mud. Just be upfront about it and find a good fit ( I too should find a better fit 8) )
Literally any job in big tech
This is not my experience whatsoever and someone who works 50+ weeks for big tech. Especially with decreased value for the human element in favor of AI there are now more demands than ever. Engineers have become much more expendable.
I've been in big tech for 12+ years now. The first handful of years are definitely a grind to earn your spot, get a couple promos. After that though, it can become quite a bit easier to coast if that's what you're looking for. People know you, know you're probably valuable cause you're "senior" or "staff" and still here, and likely leave you alone. But yeah, as a newer engineer these days, it still requires the initial commitment to earn the privilege of coasting in a big tech company.
Government jobs. But my experience tells me that getting away with doing nothing is very corrosive to the soul and will be regretted later.
I agree on both points; government work can involve very little real work with no real stress of being fired. Similarly, doing meaningless work will destroy your soul and will make you hate your time in the office even more. I'd even go so far as to say caring deeply about your profession is a western value, and trying to work as little as possible is going to be difficult in a western country
You think commercial software is meaningful? You think web apps, mobile apps, etc. are meaningful? If so, you are very lucky!
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idk… If I had a job where I could put 5 to 15 hours a week and get a pay, I’d fill all my time with something else! (Side projects, sports, etc.)
Agreed. I walked past a high-end fashion store in a major European city recently. The big glass door was locked, with a sign explaining that the shop was open, the door was locked to prevent theft. There was one young woman inside staffing the shop, sitting behind a counter. I envied her, I could happily take minimum wage for a year or so, sitting at a desk all day with very occasional interruption, while I tap at a…
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I agree on both points; government work can involve very little real work with no real stress of being fired. Similarly, doing meaningless work will destroy your soul and will make you hate your time in the office even more. I'd even go so far as to say caring deeply about your profession is a western value, and trying to work as little as possible is going to be difficult in a western country
> doing meaningless work will destroy your soul You think commercial software is meaningful? You think web apps, mobile apps, etc. are meaningful? If so, you are very lucky!
Increasing click-through rates may not feel meaningful, but writing unit tests for a satellite which has already launched and been decommissioned will eat your soul, and you likely won't become a better developer because of it since you won't be given a budget to improve things or try new tech.
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This is not my experience whatsoever and someone who works 50+ weeks for big tech. Especially with decreased value for the human element in favor of AI there are now more demands than ever. Engineers have become much more expendable.
50+ weeks? so a year? I've been in big tech for 12+ years now. The first handful of years are definitely a grind to earn your spot, get a couple promos. After that though, it can become quite a bit easier to coast if that's what you're looking for. People know you, know you're probably valuable cause you're "senior" or "staff" and still here, and likely leave you alone. But yeah, as a newer engineer these days, it st…
Maybe they meant "50+ [hour] weeks"
I'm thinking of leaving my job and join the same company, it even pays decently.
I know someone working in Cyber Security, basically his job is to set a bunch of alerts for the client companies, all already predefined by a software, he basically sits, checks for new alerts from time to time and reports any issues, it does not require more than a 3 min investigation per alert or more work than to block the attacker IP in obvious cases. I'm thinking of leaving my job and join the same company, it e…