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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by paulcole on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:08PM (#32420417)
I would take virtually any job that paid what I make now (nowhere close to $300k) and required 4 hours a week over the very best job that paid what I make now and required 40 hours a week. Don't even have to think about it.

I can fill 36 hours a week of my time better than anyone else can. If the money's equal and the time difference is that steep, I'll take the shorter time commitment.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by throwaway6734 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @09:57PM (#32420738)
Even over doing something awesome like trying to land people on Mars?
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by mecha_ghidorah on Thursday August 11, 2022 @09:16PM (#32433777)
Not parent but absolutely. There isn't a single thing I could do 40 hours a week long term without at least getting kind of sick of... but 4 hours per week means I wouldn't get sick of it, plus I'd have all that flexibility and energy and time to devote to several things that do interest me
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by paulcole on Thursday August 11, 2022 @08:33AM (#32424706)
Yes, 100%. Honestly can’t think of many things that interest me less than 40 hours a week trying to land people on Mars.

I’ll take 4 hours a week at work, a livable salary, and 36 hours sitting in a coffee shop reading a book and shitposting on Reddit thanks.

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by throwaway6734 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @10:31AM (#32426243)
To each their own.

Any fiction recommendations?

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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by paulcole on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:07PM (#32445465)
Jack Reacher series. John Grisham. Michael Crichton. The new Heat 2 novel. Pretty much any crime/medical/legal thriller does it for me.
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Re:'Too many employees, but few work': Pichai, Zuckerberg so... by salawat on Friday August 12, 2022 @09:13AM (#32438077)
Now add in that contractually, you cannot controbute to any open source project, and any intellectual property you develop hoes to the company.

Still worth it?

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