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Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by atemerev on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:04AM (#34286424)
The difference is a a single question: “do you have family/kids?” This is also the main reason for ageism in the industry, where employers prefer to hire younger people.

I love programming, but I love my family even more.

Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by lazyasciiart on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:17AM (#34286496)
And that's why I only work about half the day during 9-5, and the other half after 6pm. Because little kids don't disappear from 9-5pm and I like spending time with them.
Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by Galanwe on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:59AM (#34286736)
I have a wife and a kid.

Do you spend 100% of the your non-working hours with them?

I manage to have a job, spend time with my wife, my kid, learn guitar, code & think on my free time, and I run 3 times a week.

I don't watch TV though ;}

Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by bosie on Saturday January 07, 2023 @08:09AM (#34287684)
How many hours per night do you sleep and how much per week do you spend on each of those listed endeavours? No attack, just curious
Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by Galanwe on Saturday January 07, 2023 @09:02AM (#34288015)
I sleep around 7h per night, sometimes 8h.

I do 1 to 3 runs per week, between 45m and 1h15 each.

I have a guitar teacher coming 2h/week, the rest of my practice is random: could be from 0 to 6h per week.

Since I basically WFH 100%, I have no commute time, which helps a lot.