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>>todsac+(OP)
I tend to consider bullshit any point that finds somehow acceptable thinking that people is lazy, in this society, in this world, on this planet, ffs we have to work 40 hrs per week per decades and rest after reincarnation, and you want to talk about laziness? Let's talk about how any bit of mental energy is extracted to built other's wealth and then when you are too old to do nothing other than watching work in progress they just spit you out

when I am supposed to fix tech debt? if every week there is another functionality going out that needs to be done yesterday? Do you think that I have to do it in my free time? Why should I even bother existing

>>lnxg33+h1
I did a startup for five years that absolutely ruined me. Burnout on top of burnout for years on end. Now I work for an engineering non profit and I work 20-30 hours a week, sometimes less, and money is real tight but I’ll tell you - there’s just no way I can work more hours. I actually have a little time for side projects, and bike rides, and I never ever work weekends. Hell I don’t work Tuesdays either except on rare occasions. I absolutely love my job. It’s my dream job. But it’s not worth killing myself over. We have one life to live and I’m going to fucking love it.

>>Taylor+8m
I think I might be a couple years behind you but I found your msg inspirational

>>sokka_+In
That wakeup from 6 years of stress to <<one life, don't want to be driven this way [burnout way] anymore>>

>>sokka_+Nn
It takes time to find the right fit. Biggest thing is, when looking for a new job instead of negotiating the best salary, negotiate the right hours. 9/10 places will say “no thank you” if you say you must be allowed to typically work 25-30 hours a week. The place that says okay is a place that won’t push you. Consider the open source world. They will appreciate paying a lower annual salary and still having a dev focused on their work, and they don’t need all the extra overhead (meetings, etc) of a 40 hour week. Also working in open source (as I do) feels really good. You’re not making some rich asshole richer, you’re focused on helping the users.

>>Taylor+bt
>9/10 places will say “no thank you” if you say you must be allowed to typically work 25-30 hours a week. The place that says okay is a place that won’t push you.

How do you find such places? I've been very curious about part time software work but knowledge online seems to suggest that freelancing is the only route there.

Funnily enough, I wanted to find such a job precisely so I could make my own stuff on the side, which will inevitably involve some signifigant open source contributions due to my tech stack. I've thought about simply being a paid member and essentially double dipping, but that route seems even rarer.

>>johnny+6v3
I think finding this kind of work involves sharing your goals with a lot of people.

In my case I started writing stories of automated farming communes, compiled my writing in to a zine about a better world, had 260 copies printed and handed them all out, got my then dream job at Google X robotics, then ended up handing a copy of the zine to a robotics engineer and philanthropist who now funds my open source work as we push towards continuous crowd funding as our long term model.

Your story will go differently (lol) but what I can say is that defining your vision, building the appropriate skills, and telling everyone that you can what you’d like to do probably helps a lot. You may have to stick with the unfulfilling job for now, but you can try to build an exit strategy.