But seeing so many people from the hacker news community reacting to it as normal or exiting is troubling.
This is obviously breaching the limits of ethics.
How do they compete for actual tech then? Like Airbus.
- 35h a week, doesn’t prevent engineers from working more legally (most do)
- with the age of AI code velocity is no more about time spent, but fresh brain
- And much much more important, it is significantly more efficient to have an employee 10 year in one place than 2 years in 5 places. What could explain higher US turnover than europe, you think?
Pro:
After 10 year I feel that I am becoming a specialist of the software I work on rather than a software specialist. Needing to work in different domains where I am not the expert.
Other:
Better time management and micro napping. After a working day sucking mind and kids energy, the brain stops working for anything but doom scrolling or TV.