Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
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Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#2Here's the actual protesting: https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/issues
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#3Are you a talented dev in China tired of 996? American and EU companies are looking for you.
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#4Are you a talented dev in China tired of 996? American and EU companies are looking for you.
Perhaps, but if they have the influence and ability to effect change it benefits many more than just the ones who can move abroad.
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#5It is taking longer and longer to get a work visa to the US if you work in ML or quantum computing. US don't want us.
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#6I always had a question about hiring Chinese engineers remotely. Is it easy to handle salary payments to China and will the Chinese Firewall interfere with any web development activity they have to do? Is anyone here doing it?
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#7Are you a talented dev in China tired of 996? American and EU companies are looking for you.
欢迎大家来珠海跟我们工作! Come work with us in Zhuhai!
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#8Here's the actual protesting: https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/issues
Some translations for flavor:
Issue: "10 5 5 imperialist American code peasant sneaks out of work"
https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/issues/1738
Issue: "The last two weeks we've had morning meetings at 7am, leave work at 11pm, no breaks on the weekend...I'd like to ask, how much does a trip to the ICU cost?"... "About 8,000RMB / day"
https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/issues/1752
Issue: "2:00, clock out, go home, shower, sleep"
https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/issues/1732
Issue: "(Foreign Enterprise CTO Position) Australian Tech Unicorn Seeks Chinese-Area Leadership"
https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/issues/1700
Issue: "Support this, 996 is inhumane and must stop, but always there's someone who needs to perform, work overtime for the boss to see"
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#9This kind of expression helps humanize the otherwise distance created between the Chinese development world and the otherwise Western portrayal.
A few thoughts from my experience living in China. When living in China, I didn't see any appeal in the overworking culture.
Most developers with families worked normal hours. People who were single made time to spend time with friends. I didn't see the overwork ethic it in a positive light at all. Keeping in mind normal developers salaries in tier 1 cities for China is sub-1k USD a month. In tier 2 cities, I can only imagine it gets exponentially lower and so forth for smaller cities.
Re: Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
#10Here's the actual protesting: https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU/issues
Notably, the repo has set records in terms of GitHub Stars in a day: https://github.com/trending
Likely because of the Star button the webpage proper.