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Can't find this anymore, anyone know what I'm referring to?
This was originally a series of posts on the Something Awful forums. The first 2 parts are gone but the later parts are still available: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=26... The author acknowledged that it's fictional.
Something Awful. That's what SA stands for. Makes much more sense then my first thought, Sexual Assault forums.
"I have become a forgotten employee for a few months at my job. I want to start a new job and wondering legal ramifications."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/comments/xzq4...
I read it a while back. The story is probably fiction, but I have no trouble believing there must be shitload of people who must have worked an arrangement like that for themselves—taking paychecks without work. What surprises me is that almost always these people don't use their free time to do something productive—like picking up a hobby or up-skilling, they squander most of it. Ex: a programmer who outsourced his…
> Lacking objective, or structure in the day, I found myself playing video games or surfing web pretty much all day. I think the key is to identify these timesinks and to eliminate them one-by-one. Often these are dopamine-hijacking activities. So, suppose you decided to yourself that you are not going to be surfing the web at all, or limit it to a strictly scheduled timeslot, or only use the web when you have a spec…
I read it a while back. The story is probably fiction, but I have no trouble believing there must be shitload of people who must have worked an arrangement like that for themselves—taking paychecks without work. What surprises me is that almost always these people don't use their free time to do something productive—like picking up a hobby or up-skilling, they squander most of it. Ex: a programmer who outsourced his…
I noticed the same thing in myself. Free time, especially a long block of it can just be wasted. Sometimes that’s a sort of necessary mental reset but it made me think about what I’d do when i retired. I came to the conclusion, like you, that structure is good. Without structure it’s really hard to get started on things or feel a sense of progress. Now if i take a long break i treat it like i used to back in college…
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I'm curious: how long were your breaks? I've had two rather long (>6 months) breaks in my career, and I've enjoyed them immensely and have been very productive: finished personal projects, made music, YouTube videos, learned new skills. However, both times it took at least a couple months of passive life before I could do anything productive at all: I just slept, cooked, read, played video games, and scrolled Reddit.…
It is interesting that you approach time off as a way to prevent burnout so you can ultimately be productive. I have done it a handful of times and struggle with what the overall goal of a >6mo break is. Traveling and having experiences is great but it is stressful to burn cash that fast, sitting around the house is cheap but leads to ennui, working hard on projects makes me wonder why I don't just go back to work. I…
I read it a while back. The story is probably fiction, but I have no trouble believing there must be shitload of people who must have worked an arrangement like that for themselves—taking paychecks without work. What surprises me is that almost always these people don't use their free time to do something productive—like picking up a hobby or up-skilling, they squander most of it. Ex: a programmer who outsourced his…
And as someone who is trying to do early retirement, the main reason is so I can own myself... I'll never have enough energy to do everything I want, even without a day job taking a tremendous amount of it.
And just to add another anecdote: I quit my job for 9 months (for burnout). I never felt the need to "go back to work" other than the bank account running out.
All 4 of us in my group supported developers in Phoenix. My supervisor reported to someone in Chicago who had no idea who we were.
Shortly after I was hired, corporate reorg and Phoenix eliminated. 2 others in my department left. Boss now reports to New Jersey to someone who has even less of idea who we were. Then boss had health issues and leaves.
Nobody knows I’m still there. I knew I was heading to grad school in a few months so I mostly just slept and played Counterstrike.
Does anyone have the “Bob code” story? Where some guy renamed PHP to BOB and proceeded to pretend that he was unfirable with much success?
I'm pretty sure it's on the Daily WTF, FWIW.