Why I hate the weekends (2017) • Hacker News Board

Re: Why I hate the weekends (2017)

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Post by Top5a » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 7:09 AM UTC

miguelmota wrote: post #80

Many software developers are 9 to 5-ers meaning when they get home they don't do any more programming and don't do programming on the weekend either. They do most of their learning while on the job. These programmers are of course mediocre at best and typically work at slow paced large companies with lower pay but they're satisfied with their work/life balance and there is nothing wrong with that. If the author is co…

Spot on. Which is why you are being downvoted (no, not sarcastic) for offending the sensibilities of the self-entitled masses who have no innate drive for self-improvement.

Re: Why I hate the weekends (2017)

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Post by Top5a » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 7:16 AM UTC

WaltPurvis wrote: post #237

rootusrootus wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is pretty trite. Most people don't have that luxury.

True. It's also true that most people don't have the luxury of complaining that 40 hours of indoor office work is too hard (even downright unethical and inhumane). Most people in the world wouldn't even be able to conceive of the concept of complaining about the inhumane torture of having to do 40 hours of indoor office work per week.

The fact that they alluded to their predicament being unethical or inhumane made me actually laugh out loud. The author is absolutely delusional.

Even funnier, my initial response was that there must be some dietary or medical/hormonal issue, prior to reading the article. I was downvoted for this almost immediately. Then, whilst reading the article, came across this gem >On top of that, I'm mentally ill and thoroughly medicated< So, I was correct, and yet was downvoted. Really makes you think, doesn't it?

Re: Why I hate the weekends (2017)

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Post by Top5a » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 7:23 AM UTC

jorgesborges wrote: post #70

rb808 wrote: post #36

Honestly I hate these self-absorbed, live-is-tough posts by Software Developers doing creative work in a nice air conditioned office. Get a real job, try milking a few hundred cows at 6am, work as a cop in a bad city, or outside in construction when its freezing or scorching hot. Not to mention doing it on a 20k wage with a few kids. I get it, figuring out how to get our software working can require a lot of thinking…

What bothers me about these posts is that it seems to diminish any sense of personal responsibility for one's own happiness. Stop acting defeated and invest in other areas of your life where you can be more fulfilled. It may require changing jobs but it's better than slowly pissing your life away.

>personal responsibility

Blasphemy! I'd rather cry on the internet and collect sympathy points! Individual worth is derived solely from external validation by the social collective.