I should actually be working 8h a day, but most of it is spend not working. If I’m honest I’m probably working more like 3h a day even though I enjoy my job.

  • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I have no idea how you can do that consistently for 8 hours straight and not burn out

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Idk man. Maybe not many office jobs are that way, but there are many other types of jobs that have always been that you work for the duration of your shift. Factory work, many healthcare jobs, restaurant work, etc.

      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
        63·
        1 year ago

        Those jobs don’t use as much of your brain as software dev. Software development isn’t meant to be a factory worker’s grind, it’s meant to be about thinking of the right way to implement something and then seeing it through.

        • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world
          4·
          1 year ago

          Look I’ve done both factory work and programming and those same points in your brain that you use for programming are tickled when the very complicated machine your running malfunctions or breaks down and needs to be fixed immediately

        • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I mean, my healthcare job involves a lot of mental problem solving depending on the caseload I have that day.

        • Risk@feddit.uk
          54·
          1 year ago

          I’m not sure you could be more condescending if you tried.

          • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
            41·
            1 year ago

            It’s not condescending. Some jobs are about using your brain, some are about using your body. Some are about both. Software dev is not about both.

            • Risk@feddit.uk
              41·
              1 year ago

              Yes, it is condescending as you belittle the ‘brain’ role for the aforementioned jobs in retail, hospitality, healthcare, etcetera.

              • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                I don’t think they were trying to belettile it. It’s not to say that you don’t need to use your brain or solve problems in a factory or in a shop. I think what they were trying to say is that those jobs are often quite a lot of physical tasks that take time whereas programming is nothing physical but almost entirely problem solving

              • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
                1·
                1 year ago

                I didn’t belittle anything. Some jobs are more mentally taxing, some are more physically taxing. I’m not claiming one is “better” than the other.

    • huginn@feddit.it
      3·
      1 year ago

      I make good money and just really, really like building things in code.

      I’m the son of a programmer who is the son of a programmer…

      At the end of the day I’m often tired but not burnt.