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... if you want to live in the Bay.
Or Seattle, Austin, New York, the Raleigh area, etc. There are plenty of cities with a lot of software jobs.
Not with those income levels that get everyone talking.
Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
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Re: Burnout, stress lead more companies to try a four-day work week
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That probably makes you quite an outlier.
The question I have is... Why am I an outlier? What if this could work at a corporate level where employees are happier because they can work more hours some days and fewer hours on other days? Instead of 8 hour work days each week with 6 weeks of vacation, wouldn't it be nicer to work just 5 hours a day for 365? Or maybe a few days with 3 hour days and a few days with 8 hours? This seems so much more relaxing than c…
When you factor in the commute many of us have, 7 days a week would be horrible. Of the many refliefs the weekend brings, one of them is not having to waste 1.5+ hours in a car.
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I could never negotiate that, so I quit the industry after 10-ish years and went into "leaner life-style, honest day's work" type of deal. Best thing I did with my life. Oh, and Wim Hof breathing. Just the breathing, for now.
I'm curious what kind of job you got after quitting the tech industry. Maybe I'll try it some day. :)
I go up a rope or down a rope to trim/take down a tree, sometimes to do some construction work. Industrial alpinism.
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cool anecdotal evidence. that doesn't necessarily mean we should completely dismiss the concept entirely.
Feeling a slump early afternoon after midday meal is not anecdotal evidence, it's biology. edit: At least, it's a common issue that people have . A simple google search for "afternoon slump" reveals tons of related articles and suggestions to address it. Besides, those who feel otherwise likely don't give sufficient context. Such as, likely that they work from home. Or that they run their business so they can work af…
Note for later, "evidence" for the afternoon slump:
> "The so-called “window of circadian low” — the hours when the body is least adapted for wakefulness — typically occurs between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. There’s another, smaller dip 12 hours later, in the midafternoon."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/well/mind/work-schedule-h...