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I work 40 hour weeks. Nine to five. I got into the habit when I started my PhD, because I knew that if I didn't force myself to work to a certain schedule, I'd probably slack off. If I only worked when I felt like it, on what I felt like working on, I would never have finished my thesis because, heck , who wants to do proofreading when you could be at the beach? And if I ate whatever I felt like, whenever I felt like…
Seriously though, 40 hours doesn't have to mean 9-5. It could be 6pm to midnight, 7 days a week.
I work 40 hour weeks. Nine to five. I got into the habit when I started my PhD, because I knew that if I didn't force myself to work to a certain schedule, I'd probably slack off. If I only worked when I felt like it, on what I felt like working on, I would never have finished my thesis because, heck , who wants to do proofreading when you could be at the beach? And if I ate whatever I felt like, whenever I felt like…
I think I am done with HN.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I work 40 hours weeks, and love my job. Do you work exactly 40 hours? As in, start and 9am, leave at 5pm and never arrive early or leave late? Never a week of 41 hours? Because if I worked at a job I absolutely loved - as you describe - I would probably choose to work 50 or 60 hours. I think that the assumption here is that if you work 40 hours, you're probably doing it because that's what is expected of you and yo…
I very much think this is a question of personality and not a question of which one is better. Personally, I'm like you -- if there's something really interesting to work on, I like to dive in and really attack it until I'm done. Even if that means 14 hour days for a stretch. But other people I've worked with work differently -- they like routines. Go to work, have 5 things to accomplish that day, accomplish them, th…
There is currently no space for someone like me in the work world. Jobs just aren't designed for generalists who need so much variety. So I'm stuck as a 40 hours a week programmer and struggling with it, because no matter how I try, I'm lucky if I can find 20 hours of real focus on programming a week.
"People who hate their jobs often work 40 hours weeks, why be one of them?" Working 40 hours doesn't make you one of them. It's not even a symptom of the real problem. I work 40 hours weeks, and love my job. And I loved my last job. And I liked all the jobs before that. That's because I have pride in doing my job well, I've worked for people who appreciate it (even if that sometimes means the customer, and not my bos…
"People who hate their jobs often work 40 hours weeks, why be one of them?" The quote smacks of truisim. Most people work roughly 40 hour weeks, so it sounds to me like saying "Most people who hate their jobs have jobs. Ergo, don't have a job".
I work 40 hour weeks. Nine to five. I got into the habit when I started my PhD, because I knew that if I didn't force myself to work to a certain schedule, I'd probably slack off. If I only worked when I felt like it, on what I felt like working on, I would never have finished my thesis because, heck , who wants to do proofreading when you could be at the beach? And if I ate whatever I felt like, whenever I felt like…
There are so many interesting things in the world; how can you shut yourself out to all of them but one?
It's been an awesome couple days. Being able to gear up and gear down on workload is one of the nicest things about running your own show.
I work 40 hour weeks. Nine to five. I got into the habit when I started my PhD, because I knew that if I didn't force myself to work to a certain schedule, I'd probably slack off. If I only worked when I felt like it, on what I felt like working on, I would never have finished my thesis because, heck , who wants to do proofreading when you could be at the beach? And if I ate whatever I felt like, whenever I felt like…