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I tend to put in very long days, and don’t get paid a shiny nickel. I’m basically retired, and writing software for nonprofits. I really, really enjoy writing software, and the time does not feel like a burden. During my “day job” days, my corporate task (engineering manager) consisted of a whole lot of sitting around, waiting for stuff to happen. Not too many overlong days. It was fairly 9-5. I guess some folks would love it. I hated it. It got the bills paid, and helped me to have sufficient investment to retire ten years early (like I had a choice, anyway). I couldn’t work on my own projects, on the company dime, and I did do a few projects for them, but these projects were ignored. What kept me going, were the projects I did on my own time. Because the job was not too demanding, time-wise, I was able to get quite a bit done. I have not heard the term “hustle culture” before, but I’m quite familiar with basic concept. I don’t have an issue with people calling it “toxic,” if they mean people forcing others to “hustle,” or people that are “hustling” being all judgmental of others. If it is how we, on our own, choose to work, and it works for us, I won’t lose sleep over it. |