Re:How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful?
by api on Saturday June 01, 2013 @05:04PM
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Greedy for what? That's why I decided to exit the rat race to some extent.
Look: I can understand working 80 hour work weeks for art, for something you really care about. I also might work like that if I thought I could really get rich-- if I owned the business or owned a big stake in it (and trusted my partners not to screw me out of it). But the tech scene is increasingly neither of these things-- it's making mediocre crap for hustlers. It's making junk that does nothing to advance the human condition.
I've also found that beyond a certain level possessions do not affect happiness much.
Look: I can understand working 80 hour work weeks for art, for something you really care about. I also might work like that if I thought I could really get rich-- if I owned the business or owned a big stake in it (and trusted my partners not to screw me out of it). But the tech scene is increasingly neither of these things-- it's making mediocre crap for hustlers. It's making junk that does nothing to advance the human condition.
I've also found that beyond a certain level possessions do not affect happiness much.