Re:Work/Life Balance Will Make You a Better Software Engineer
by creatine_lizard on Thursday November 10, 2016 @03:18PM
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The standard argument is that it is the other way around -- we've settled on a 8x5 scheme _because_ our breaking point is around 40 hours. However, like others in this thread, I'm not sure I agree.
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Re:Work/Life Balance Will Make You a Better Software Engineer
by orangutango on Thursday November 10, 2016 @03:32PM
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Whose standard argument?
I always thought: we work 40 hours a week because we work 8 hours a day; and we work 8 hours a day because Robert Owen's mantra "Eight hours' labour, Eight hours' recreation, Eight hours' rest" caught on.