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0 pointsblinded1y ago0 comments

1000% this. My partner is in the medical field, the absurd schedule they put up with and the amount they are required to work when tired is the worst. Some close friends do contracting / construction, it takes a tole on their bodies.

People that take above senior level roles or "FANG" jobs should expect to grind.

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hirvi741y ago· 2 in thread

I feel like being a dev has taken a toll on my body in the opposite direction ---- "use it or lose it."

Perhaps it's because my brain is full of software issues itself, but I don't have enough energy nor motivation before/after work to do anything else. Luckily, I am somehow healthy-ish in terms of medical metrics, but I know at my current trajectory, I won't be able to sustain it for many more years.

nradov1y ago

Energy and motivation are irrelevant. Discipline is all that matters. Go out and do a hard workout every day no matter how tired you are or how miserable it makes you. Eventually it will just become a habit.

I think about doing this sometimes, and then I think how ironic it would be if I died next week and my last thought was I wish I'd spent those hours sleeping late, eating, drinking and fucking.

Just because doctors have internalized the propaganda that they need to work that hard doesn't make it true or correct.

People who take senior roles are paid for the things they are accountable for. They don't have to do 80 hours in front of a screen, they need to drive outcomes and be accountable.

saagarjha1y ago

I've worked both senior level and FANG jobs and I did not expect to, nor did I, grind. Some of my colleagues have though out of necessity and I do not want them to be in a position where this is expected of them.

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