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0 pointscodeOnMaster3y ago0 comments

What do you mean by “fucked”? If you don’t enjoy your job, you’re fucked? Seems like you’re saying you’re fucked unless you work less hours.

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gymbeaux3y ago

Yeah, you're fucked unless you work fewer hours. By "fucked" I mean "doomed to a relatively-miserable existence". I don't care if you have a FETISH for writing code, you do not want to do it ~40 hours/week.

We need a four-day (32-hour) workweek. Give me a 20% pay cut, I don't care. Most of us here make well over $100k/year. What we need is TIME.

dinosaurdynasty3y ago

And in the US it is rare to be able to get health insurance without working full time. Good luck with that.

gymbeaux3y ago

This is, of course, by design. ACA made it a bit more realistic for part-time/self-employed people to get health insurance, however if you have to get your insurance through the ACA marketplace (healthcare.gov), you ARE paying more for it than if you were a FTE drone.

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gymbeaux3y ago

We need a four-day (32-hour) workweek. Give me a 20% pay cut, I don't care. Most of us here make well over $100k/year. What we need is TIME.

dinosaurdynasty3y ago

And in the US it is rare to be able to get health insurance without working full time. Good luck with that.

gymbeaux3y ago

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