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Why I hate the weekends (2017)

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Re: Why I hate the weekends (2017)

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Post by elwell »

isostatic wrote: post #147
alohomora2 wrote: post #100

This has already been solved thousands of years ago and it’s called Shabbat, one day of the week of true, strict rest. No doing the laundry, no cooking, no driving the car. In general, no creative activities which modify the world in some way.

No turning a light on. So instead you get lights on a timer. The lifts that open at every floor. The magic wire that extends your back yard to cover the whole neighbourhood so you can take your kid in a pushchair or carry your house keys when you go for a walk.

That would be straying from the original purpose of the sabbath.

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Post by vlunkr »

I think making time for hobbies really helps reduce the pain of this cycle. I suck at the guitar, but I can play it for 15 minutes or so, and it breaks up the monotony of the day and provides a different creative outlet than I get at work. Even if you have to put off some chore, it’s crucial to make some time to just be alive.

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Post by glangdale »

Consultant32452 wrote: post #182
glangdale wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, awareness of positional goods and Baumol's cost disease is usually the mark of a utopian fantasist. You seem fixated on this schoolmarmish "gratitude" angle to the point that you don't want to think about not just the future we want to build but the actual prevailing situations in the countries we are living in now . Roping 'global' comparisons into discussions of first world disadvantage represents a subtractio…

If you could choose to live anywhere in the world at any point in history, not knowing what kind of body you'd be born into (gender, race, height, disability, family income, etc.) when and where would you choose? If you choose any time other than right now and anywhere other than a fairly small number of nations I think you simply don't know much at all about history or even "prevailing situations in countries we are…

It's almost like articles posted to the front page of Hacker News are reflective of some sort of specialist community.

Re: Why I hate the weekends (2017)

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Post by grecy »

darkmighty wrote: post #58

What I don't understand here: Why can't we just work less ? I know it's not trivial, but it can't be impossible either. I doubt he would starve if he got a part-time dev job (are those easy to find? I have no idea). I agree wholeheartedly with all that he said. I think a life of work-home-work without breathing is almost meaningless unless you can have possibly unreasonable amounts of fun and freedom in the job (few…

> Why can't we just work less?

You can. Anyone that says you can't hasn't tried hard enough.

Ask your boss. Tell them you want a better work-life balance, tell them it's really important to you and that it's something you will prioritize. Work 4 days a week and get 4/5th of the pay. Step down to 3 days a week later.

If your boss won't come at it, find one that will. Your time is so much more important than more money.

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Post by oulu2006 »

castlecrasher2 wrote: post #246
oulu2006 wrote: post #205

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I used to work out 1.5hrs 4 times a week -- it was so exhausting on-top of my normal day (I'm a dancer as well) that I was about to just let it all crash and walk away. I since changed my schedule to 40 min, 3 times a week, 2 sets, maximum reps till failure with pyramids. Most gains in strength i have ever achieved with the least amount of work I have ever done. Less time - more ROI check out @maclulich on Insta -- I…

What's your routine?

3 full body days.

2 sets, each exercise, 3-4 exercises per day.

For example (in kgs):

1. Deadlifts, 145x20, 150x13 2. Hamstring curls, 60x25, 65x18 3. Dumbbell bench, 32x24, 34x18 4. Lat pull down, 40x25, 44x18

Massive nervous system overload with high reps.

This usually leaves me shaking and needing a 5-10 min rest at the end in the changing rooms before having the energy to change and leave.

It's maximum effort in 40 min, and at least for me, it works.

Increase reps/weight as u cross the 20+ rep barrier.

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Post by photoguy112 »

moises_silva wrote: post #217
photoguy112 wrote: post #202

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We had a kid last year. My time went from some availability to NONE. Granted, we don't have a babysitter, both myself and wife stay at home (I work from home, she doesn't work). Despite both of us being available, just the daily chores and things that must be done with a little one are insane. Ours could be a unique case because my kid is kinda difficult, but it's definitely a huge change from not having kids. That b…

And if you have a second kid your availability will go from NONE to negative balance. I remember when I had just one, suddenly now it feels like I had so much time then!

Haha, I am not looking to find out but I'm sure it'll happen soon enough. Oh god.. just thinking about the exhaustion that comes with that, maybe I'll run off into the desert.

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Post by Faark »

mysterypie wrote: post #252
noonespecial wrote: post #196

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Hiring is actually a tremendous burden for most small/mid sized business with all of the compliance and regulatory stuff. Its far cheaper to hire one person for 40 hours/week than 2 people for 20, even if their pay is half.

This. It’s interesting to read all the other reasons people think that we don’t have a shorter workweek but the above is the simplest reason. It’s also easier to manage 1 person working 40 hours than 2 people working 20 hours. It’s also less effort to interview and hire 1 vs 2 people. As the business owner you might even prefer hiring a 60 hour employee over 1.5 40 hour employees by the same reasoning, but we in the…

Saying employers don't want it is kind of stating the obvious. Of cause the employer tries to extract as much value as possible, while most discussion in this thread seems centered around improving quality of live of employees. So looking at only one side of the labor market doesn't really help. The more interesting question is employees make deals without it.

Is it actually true to say there is an market equilibrium at 40 hours? I'm no expert, but 40h seems heavily reinforced by regulation (FLSA comes up on search). Without government intervention, I'd not see much stopping a race to the bottom, at least for a significant part of the job market.

I wonder if less wealth inequality would give more leverage to the average citizen, enough so that this additional bargaining power would make a significant difference on the job market. Influences like that might explain the systems trends over longer time periods...

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Post by akavi »

underwater wrote: post #231
throwaway713 wrote: post #221

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> 250k salary would be relatively senior even at FAANG Not at all. I joined a FAANG company less than a year ago, am not a software engineer, and I'm at about $250k. Senior software engineers are closer to $400k-$500k. See levels.fyi. EDIT: You mentioned salary, but I think you're referring to total comp. Base salary at these companies is indeed lower than $200k except for non-senior positions.

No, referring to salary. Total comp is great and all, but unless you're liquidating immediately after you receive a grant then you're adding another variable into the mix of things that need to go right. And the stock portion of your comp being valuable is dependent on the company doing well. True for FAANG, but that's only because by definition that group is the companies that are doing well! A $200K equivalent RSU…

> unless you're liquidating immediately after you receive a grant then you're adding another variable into the mix of things that need to go right.

Why aren't you liquidating immediately after you receive a grant? Why would you choose to doubly leverage on your primary source of income, and, as you accurately point out, add another source of risk?

Re: Why I hate the weekends (2017)

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Post by Xcelerate »

nickjj wrote: post #11
wilkystyle wrote: post #2

> I feel like my whole life is centered around work. Even though I work a (what is considered) reasonable 40-hour work-week, I feel like too much of time is taken away from me. Not only is it actually being in the office but commuting too. My morning are devoted to getting ready for work: dressing up, packing up a lunch and so on. As someone who also works a reasonable 40-hour a week job, I cannot emphasize enough ho…

I've been working remotely my whole life (freelance developer). It's interesting how jaded I am of driving in general. There are certain intersections in my town where it's common to get stuck at a red light that lasts for minutes. Things like this put me on complete life tilt. All I think about is "how can anyone put up with this every day?". I'm no longer surprised why people go berserk out of no where. I really do…

> waiting on long red lights sucks the life out of you because it's such an utter waste of time

Weird... now that you mention this, I recall that during grad school when I had complete control over my time (and essentially worked remotely), I would get so angry sitting at red lights. Now that I have a corporate job, they no longer seem to bother me. Maybe you're on to something.

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