I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I’m honest I’m probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.
I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I’m honest I’m probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.
I have an office job and I work 8 hours a day programming. It’s nice to be able to clock out consistently at 5 but I really don’t get much down time. I rarely get my full hour for lunch.
It’s not bad work and I like my job but working 3 hours would get you fired here.
Yeah my brother also has an office job and seems to work for the majority of his shift too. He works in finance. I guess it’s dependent on what sort of office job you have then. I hope you are compensated well.
I’m compensated extremely well. 0 complaints.
It depends on how “efficient” the company is (ie how much work they can squeeze out per person).
If I was paid less I’d definitely work slower.
I have no idea how you can do that consistently for 8 hours straight and not burn out
Idk man. Maybe not many office jobs are that way, but there are many other types of jobs that have always been that you work for the duration of your shift. Factory work, many healthcare jobs, restaurant work, etc.
Those jobs don’t use as much of your brain as software dev. Software development isn’t meant to be a factory worker’s grind, it’s meant to be about thinking of the right way to implement something and then seeing it through.
Look I’ve done both factory work and programming and those same points in your brain that you use for programming are tickled when the very complicated machine your running malfunctions or breaks down and needs to be fixed immediately
I’m not sure you could be more condescending if you tried.
It’s not condescending. Some jobs are about using your brain, some are about using your body. Some are about both. Software dev is not about both.
Yes, it is condescending as you belittle the ‘brain’ role for the aforementioned jobs in retail, hospitality, healthcare, etcetera.
I don’t think they were trying to belettile it. It’s not to say that you don’t need to use your brain or solve problems in a factory or in a shop. I think what they were trying to say is that those jobs are often quite a lot of physical tasks that take time whereas programming is nothing physical but almost entirely problem solving
I didn’t belittle anything. Some jobs are more mentally taxing, some are more physically taxing. I’m not claiming one is “better” than the other.
The jobs you think are not mentally taxing? They actually are very mentally taxing. AND physically taxing.
You’re just trying to make it sound “fair” in your head. But it’s not. You don’t work as hard. And that’s good, you’re lucky, enjoy your good fortune.
I mean, my healthcare job involves a lot of mental problem solving depending on the caseload I have that day.
Whatever helps you sleep at night, dude
I make good money and just really, really like building things in code.
I’m the son of a programmer who is the son of a programmer…
At the end of the day I’m often tired but not burnt.