Ask HN: Is it worth working two 90% Jobs?

Re:Ask HN: Is it worth working two 90% Jobs? by paulcole on Monday May 27, 2024 @10:32AM (#40491082)

> The extra hours I do are more for my sense of perfectionism than to do with keeping up

Then why the heck do you do them?

Instead of thinking of yourself as a perfectionist, start thinking of yourself as an insecure person. You’re insecure about the quality of your work so you pretend that if you spend more time on them your insecurity will go away because then they’ll be done perfectly.

Make a list of 10 or 20 things you’ve done perfectly recently. It shouldn’t be hard since you’re a perfectionist, right?

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth working two 90% Jobs? by tetris11 on Monday May 27, 2024 @11:27AM (#40491640)

(hostility aside...) I never said my work was perfect, but that I do take delight in polishing work that is more than passable. I can't be the only one here who likes to optimize their work in their free time.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth working two 90% Jobs? by paulcole on Monday May 27, 2024 @03:47PM (#40493967)

But you did say you have a sense of perfectionism.

And of course your work isn’t perfect. There’s no such thing as perfect work.

So either you get comfortable being done with things when they are done or you get comfortable with doing extra unpaid work because you delight in spending your time making things more than passable.

Which one would you prefer? It’s 100% up to you.

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