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		Y_Y on Aug 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deliberate Practice and Acquisition of Expert Perf... Become an expert at bullshitting maybe? I don't disagree with your overall point, but for me the payoff of being a good engineer is working less. I'm salaried and work for a big oldtech shop writing mostly glue code and fixing god-damn dependency issues. When I get more productive I turn that into less time spent at my desk or thinking about my job.

feoren on Aug 27, 2024 [–]

> Become an expert at bullshitting maybe?

I'd literally rather kill myself.

> When I get more productive I turn that into less time spent at my desk or thinking about my job.

So your advice is: check out of your job. Quiet quit. Get into knitting. Honestly? Probably the best advice I'm going to get.

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