Re:Ask HN: Is there no escape from working 9-5?
by throwaway_43793 on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @01:44PM
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My question wasn't clear enough I'm afraid. It's not that I don't want to work, it's more about the fact that I don't want to participate in meaningless rituals. There are absolutely zero reasons to have the 9-5. Software can be written also from 8 to 10, and from 4 to 8, but for some reason the entire world has gone mad and married the 9-5. On top of that, nobody really writes code for 8 hours. So instead of the 1-3 hours that I waste in a corporate world for meaningless "cooler talks", I could spend with my family, or workout. But no, I need to conform to 9-5.
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Re:Ask HN: Is there no escape from working 9-5?
by JohnFen on Thursday October 10, 2024 @10:02AM
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I misunderstood based on your comments about freelancing. It sounded like you found it unacceptable that instead of 9-5, freelancing means you'd be working longer hours.
If you freelance, you can work on whatever schedule suits you best. Outside of the occasional meeting, you don't have to even be awake from 9-5 if you don't want to.