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Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by Insanity on Saturday January 07, 2023 @06:13AM (#34287067)
I think the interesting parties to answer that are your wife and kid (in the future). There is subjectivity in what constitutes “enough”.

And there is also quality vs quantity. Each family is obviously different.

As friendly advice, have an open conversation with your wife about that. Speaking from personal experience, I definitely had months where I thought I was balancing my time well enough and my wife disagreed.

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Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by isityouyesitsme on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:30PM (#34290351)
Every conversation in this thread where someone implies what is "enough" "passion" or "accomplishment" makes me agree more with unionizing the industry.

It's as though the absence of religion in modern life has left a vacuum of comradery and dogmatism, so they let work fill it.

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Re:Things they didn’t teach you about Software Engineering by Insanity on Saturday January 07, 2023 @06:18PM (#34294107)
To counter your final sentence. Europe has an absence of religion and has no such work-life balance issues as America. (Speaking from experience on both sides of the big pond)
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