Re:Ask HN: How Did You Escape 9 to 5?
by cylinder on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @11:36AM
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For me, it's control. I cannot stand idiot managers making decisions that have such a significant impact on my life. Everything from major, broad issues down to where my desk is located and the temperature of the office and when I have to be in. You will still have to work everyday full-time, probably more, and have different stresses, but I cannot fork over my autonomy to others in exchange for a paycheck.
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Re:Ask HN: How Did You Escape 9 to 5?
by magic_beans on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @12:14PM
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I am very similar. I recently started a cushy dev job at a big company, and the micro-management, bureaucracy, and office politics drove me into a pretty deep depression, to the point where I began to utterly dread coming into work. I quit after two months and now I'm taking two months off to work on personal projects...
I haven't truly escaped 9-5, but I'm finally excited to wake up in the morning again.