After a week of 10a-11p and 2 weeks of 10a-10p x 6, I feel terrible. My son asked me when I leave home: "Are you going to work to earn money so you can by me more toys?" "yah!"
996 is not optional, but mandatory, and is written on the contract.
Chinese Devs Using GitHub to Protest 996 Workweek (9am – 9pm, 6 days/week)
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#74This 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…
The salary data is way outdated. All of my developer friends who returned to first-tier cities in China earn >4k USD per month. Even nannies generally earn more than 2k USD per month, it's hard to survive in tier-1 cities with 1k USD per month.
I do not think that would return if they are paid under 2k USD, and that doesn’t mean most of developers could earn more than 4k USD in China
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#75they collected more than 100000 stars in github within 50 hours!!
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
That heart attack incident is terrible. The nap part, however, is not particularly concerning. Nap after lunch is encouraged in the Chinese culture, and schools have a dedicated “noon nap” slot. Your Chinese coworkers likely nap not because they are so tired they have to, but because they and everyone else have done it their whole lives (and why not, napping feels good).
> Your Chinese coworkers likely nap not because they are so tired they have to, but because they and everyone else have done it their whole lives (and why not, napping feels good). ...unless institutionalized scheduled napping was established to extact just a tad more of energy from overworked servants. Just saying.
It could be a custom. However, as a Chinese, my feeling is that the custom arises from the de facto 69x (x could be 5, 6 or 7) schedule of Chinese high schools, which is even harsher than that of Chinese companies.
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#78This self advocacy is encouraging and long overdue IMO. The Chinese colloquial term for developer is "码农". Its literal English translation is "code peasants" -- not the most flattering or respectful way to call software engineers. I've recently heard horror stories, where 9-9-6 is no longer enough inside one of the Chinese tech giants, and 10-10-7 is expected (10am-10pm, 7 days/week) I hope this brings about some pos…
Well, 10-10-7 is outdated, code peasants are now joking about themselves as Double O Seven
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#80still fuck more working time and no repaid.