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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by wesleytodd on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:01AM (#9457938)
Agreed. Luckily I am 28 and don't have kids yet. Hopefully I will get to a point before I do have kids where I can be a little more free.
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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by imaginenore on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:15AM (#9458016)
You could spend that 4 hours developing a side project. 4 hours a day is a LOT of time.
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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by wesleytodd on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:31AM (#9458104)
Often times that is what I am doing during my breaks. Resolving github issues or answering side project emails. So it really all does work out.
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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by v13inc on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:09AM (#9458808)
There is potentially a big legal difference between tinkering on your side projects at work, compared to carving out time for them at home. Unless you have a specific exemption in your contract, then your employer owns all your work that you do in the office or on their equipment.
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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by stefantalpalaru on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:42AM (#9458169)
You'll get in legal trouble if you do that on company time and on company premises.
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Re:Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks by imaginenore on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @10:58AM (#9458699)
No, I mean, you can go home after 8 hours (or whatever your contract says), and work on your own shit.
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