Re:Why do we work so hard?
by jasonkester on Sunday March 13, 2016 @04:32AM
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What's something someone with a strong entrepreneurial, technical and managerial background can do for maybe 20 hours a week?
Exactly what you're doing now. But only 20 hours a week of it.
You can spend today having the talks you need to have to make this happen, then start your first sane work week tomorrow.
There's a documentary ("Some kind of monster") on Metallica's creative process for the St Anger album. It shows James Hetfield (arguably the band's leader) wanting to have a more balanced schedule, and adapting the band's process to fit to it. The result was a very mediocre album.
> What's something someone with a strong entrepreneurial, technical and managerial background (and very good pedigree) can do for maybe 20 hours a week and still pay the bills? I would love to drop out of the race for a few years and smell the roses.
Consulting. Small business. Almost anything really.
How hard is it to make some $5k per month if you have a skill that you can charge $100+/hour for! About a week and a half of work per month.
Plus taxes.
Re:Why do we work so hard?
by dinkumthinkum on Sunday March 13, 2016 @07:24PM
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All else being equal, you should consider stopping the madness, it will probably better for everyone long term than more and more years on the same path.
What's something someone with a strong entrepreneurial, technical and managerial background (and very good pedigree) can do for maybe 20 hours a week and still pay the bills? I would love to drop out of the race for a few years and smell the roses.