[jcadam]

I can definitely believe that. But in my line of work I'm expected to bill at least 8 hrs/day to the client regardless of my personal productivity.

[panarky]

> Pfft. A man-hour of labor is a man-hour of labor

> I'm expected to bill at least 8 hrs/day

I bet you're capable of far deeper, more intellectually stimulating and rewarding work than you're doing now.

[jsudhams]

I used to be someone who worked only 4 hours max in any company and use remaining time to be on top of tech stacks(SysAdmin). But last four years i self trained on stock trading and it close to be becoming my main job in another year or so. Though i now look for trader jobs where i can trade for profit % but the salaries are no where near in my country for traders.

[dfischer]

What was your growth path to excel and mature as a trader?

[Grangar]

I'm stuck in the billable hour purgatory as well. It seems to be a trend that becomes more and more pervasive.

For my next job I'll move to an inhouse position, hopefully things will be better in a setting like that.

[jcadam]

I'd like to think so, but the pay is good and there isn't much else in this area.