Re:1x Programming
by manmal on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:51PM
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Is that really a thing, secretly working more to give the appearance of higher output, while not even getting paid for it? Given the little time we have on this planet, this sounds like a suboptimal use of it.
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It definitely is. It happens with over-achievers but it also happens very frequently with under-achievers.
In jobs where people have quotas it is very visible, seeing people scrambling to finish it all by the end of the month, to the detriment of their free time. But this is also the "secret" of some over-achievers.
It's absolutely unhealthy.
I think I'd rather invest the extra time into OSS or a hobby project, which, even if you only do it for vanity, might even look more impressive to others.
The secretly part is usually what doesn't happen. Most brag about it. You don't get paid extra regardless because most of us are salary and don't get overtime even if you work 80 hours per week.
Re:1x Programming
by mywittyname on Monday April 18, 2022 @03:04PM
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Crunch times are a thing in a lot of jobs.
Yes I‘ve had my fill of crunch times. But I always made my clients aware if they weren’t, and I usually earned decent money as a result.