Bad advice for programmers: don't work so hard.

I recently saw a lot of posts in hacker News that suggested that you shouldn't work too hard, or that you should work less than 35 hours a week. (Don't misunderstand my meaning.) What I want to say is that the authors of these articles are already the ones who have made some achievements. Of course, I'm not saying I don't respect these people, I just think they blur their status and how they got there. Do you want to live in a society where hard work is not rewarded or even less rewarding? I know a lot of people who work every week for less than 35 hours, but I don't know if they stand at the top of their careers. On the contrary, many people who work 50-60 hours a week are doing their best to climb the heights of their careers. Work hard now. Pat Flynn, at the beginning of every episode of his podcast, would say, "Welcome to my podcast, my theme is to work hard now for the future to reap." "It is a truth. How much sweat can have a lot of results. There are a lot of "well-intentioned" podcasts urging us not to spend our evenings at work, but to do what we want to do and enjoy life, but they forget how they used to work all night long and sleepless. Of course if you are already at this stage as they are, then listen to them right. But if you don't get to the top of your career, once you do, you'll have a hard time reaping more. Have you ever ridden a bike? Uphill is tiring, but downhill fast, isn't it? Uphill when you need a step, especially tired, but so as to climb up. and downhill when there is no need to push pedal like uphill, not only wasted energy, but also let you miss the best time to enjoy the scenery along the way. If you want to go downhill, you have to climb to the top of your bike, and you have to climb up the hill first. And pedaling a bicycle uphill is very tiring thing. The faster you try to pedal, the more tired you are, the more exhausted you will be, and roll down the hillside. You can't take a break, and if you stop pedaling, you'll go backwards. The most you can do is get off and push your bike on foot, which will certainly slow you down. And that's what most people really live for. My mountain peaks I also hope to be able to succeed easily, but the reality tells us that we have no choice but to work hard. At the age of 18, I bought my first house. Since then, I have maintained the speed of buying a property about every other year (trench!). This is a very difficult decision. But from the very beginning I was clear that it was a process of pedaling a bicycle and climbing a hillside. Over the past 15 years, my job has been to be a full-time developer. Spend evenings and weekends dealing with real estate issues, building apps, and more recently, creating online courses for Pluralsight. At the beginning of this year, I finally decided not to work for others and start working for myself. Countless nights and weekends, week after week, I'm working and trying. Until last year I was in the last 15All real estate invested in the middle of the year has finally made a profit. But at this point I still work 60 hours a week, still trying to pedal my bike. I believe that if I continue to push the pedals up and down, I will be able to reach the top of the mountain. When I get there, I can enjoy the pleasure of sliding down. My advice is not to have the idea of escaping from hard work. Do not avoid hard work, take the initiative to welcome up. My experience tells me that, on the whole, avoiding hard work is more than taking the initiative to get the job done, and it's not good for you in the long and short term. Make the right sacrifices not to sacrifice your marriage or family in order to succeed. In the end, you will only be left behind by others. Keep in mind that there is no more expensive cost than divorce. Set aside time for your spouse to make time to play with your child every day (if you have one). You can also organize family activities. The following should be "sacrificed": Watch TV and friends go out to play games idle browsing Web pages Yes, this may be a bit difficult for some time, but if you want to climb the peak of your career-and enjoy the comfort of the future, you have to make some sacrifices. Don't waste your time. Here are some things I never do: repairing a lawn wash, cleaning the room, decorating the house. I will find someone to do these things, of course, the empty time I do not mean to watch TV or anything, but continue to work hard. Work produces more benefits than I pay to others. Every time I need to do something, I will ask myself if I am worth doing it myself. And if you feel that time is not enough, you need to keep track of it. Do you want to make it easier to ride up the hill to relieve the burden? So all you have to do is reduce the burden and reduce the things you carry around. This means that you need to plan your money wisely. Pay off all kinds of debts. Don't pinching irritate D and Penny wise the watermelon. At the same time learn to reduce the cost of living. For example, if you try to use only 2K for one months, then gradually you will find that one months 2K is enough. Sum up the hard work now only for a better and easier tomorrow. Do not try to take shortcuts or get rich quickly, these roads will lead to disaster and waste of time. Conversely, if you are working for someone now, give yourself 10 hours of "self" time a week-work for yourself. Use the squeeze out time to build your business. It may take 2 years, 5 years or more to experience this effort to pedal the bike. But do not give up, and do not be afraid to pay. Let's not be confused by the propaganda that says what can quickly get rich can be leisurely and easy to do things. Keep in mind that only unremitting efforts can be successful in order to defeat other people. 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