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1. qurren · 1789926480 · focus · HN ↗

   They're going to have to try a lot harder than $1 for 50 days worth of reading, in a world where any time taken off from work is a risk.

   1. Insanity · 1789926576 · focus · HN ↗

      What’s the risk? Not familiar enough with Singapore to judge that.

      1. qurren · 1789926644 · focus · HN ↗

         Not Singapore specifically but in today's AI/tech world if you're not constantly working you're on the firing line.

         I'm in the Bay Area. It's Sunday morning and I'm working becasue I still need to pay for food, rent, and enormous medical bills and don't want to get fired, and I got yelled at by my director this morning on Slack because I'm not delivering fast enough despite squashing 12 months' worth of work into 4.

         I don't have time for books. Finding time for even exercise is hard.

         1. Insanity · 1789926821 · focus · HN ↗

            This sounds like mostly a USA problem and not something that extrapolates well to other countries. I had a suspicion it’d come from a US point of view lol.

            EDIT: while more common in the US, if you are actually regularly working weekends, look for a better job. In my part of FAANG I rarely have to work weekends, although the occasional crunch time can happen.

            1. qurren · 1789926914 · focus · HN ↗

               I've worked in Singapore before. It's not a chill work culture there either. In fact it's about the same.

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