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Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple by nly on Monday May 22, 2023 @02:24AM (#36028093)
I work for 40 hours a week but I'm pretty sure only 2 are writing code.

That's the problem. I'd happily write code for more hours

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Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple by turdprincess on Monday May 22, 2023 @09:54AM (#36031505)
I think in this career it’s possible to optimize for 3 levers - WLB, money, and fun work. If you truly want to code a lot, a startup is the place, but you will earn less money and work more hours. Big tech offers big money and good WLB but often at the sacrifice of interesting work.
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