GenZ Google software engineer earning six figures who says he works 1 hour a day

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These types of workers are rare, but they were the kids in school you hated cause they turned in every test in half the time and passed with a 100% score. Granted, he shouldn’t be bragging but there was a whole subreddit dedicated to guys like him and how they managed to work 3 full time jobs. You can’t hate the guy for using the rules in his favor.

This guy is doing enough work to appear like he’s working 40 hours, because the measuring stick is someone not nearly as talented who takes 40 hours to do the same work. He’s not banking a huge salary, he’s not unavailable for long periods and he’s producing quality work. So he flys under the “performance radar” with his manager. Helps that Google measures quantity and quality, not time spent.

Trust me, as a lead of 8, we know you’re when you’re not working 40. But I’ll bust the balls of the guy dropping offline for 2 hours who can’t get his work in, before I bust down the door of the guy getting his work done in 1 hour. Is it his fault for not working 40 hours? No, it’s the idea that he’s not doing his fair share and using 40 hours as the measurement. This isn’t new, some of us have been doing it for decades and most of us have learned to just keep it quiet.

And: https://archive.is/6TrvU