I consider a company paying me for a full time job when I "only" have 50% of my work time be super productive focus time a bonus, not something that needs to be fixed. Just imagine you had a 50% job (presumably for half the compensation). Would all of that time be hyper productive focus time? (rhetorical question, the answer is no)
Could you take two of those 50% jobs and be productive all the time? (no)
I don't understand why we see this well known fact in human psychology as a problem instead of an inevitable part of doing business (both as an employee and an employer). Margins seem to be high enough to make software engineers extremely productive given the way the industry currently works. Of course, flexibility and work life balance can always be improved, but there are lots of companies where everybody is pretty happy about that aspect and the business is running well.
If you as a company have great culture and compensation that's up to market specs, you also don't have problems hiring people, even if it might take some time in the current market.
> Would all of that time be hyper productive focus time? (rhetorical question, the answer is no)
Have you worked part time? Sorry, but this is exactly how I work. When I work, I do focused work, and when I get tired, I usually finish what I was doing and then stop working. I switch off, relax, repeat. Have worked this way for a few years and I could never go back to the old way.
The problem with 40 hour jobs is that you're anyways only productive for like 50% of that and then the rest of the day you're stuck in a prison. You can't go outside and do any other things to relax, and you also can't fully focus. I don't understand why not more people are rebelling against that.
> Have you worked part time? Sorry, but this is exactly how I work.
You know how I work my full time job? Like your part time job. Only 50% of the time.
> The problem with 40 hour jobs is that you're anyways only productive for like 50% of that and then the rest of the day you're stuck in a prison.
You mean the prison that is my own home? Remote job and a laptop eliminate this problem. If I run errands I bring my laptop in case someone needs me to jump on a terminal real quick, but when I’m not actively working I’m just living my life, not stuck in an office prison.
> The problem with 40 hour jobs is that you're anyways only
productive for like 50% of that and then the rest of the
day you're stuck in a prison. You can't go outside and do
any other things to relax, and you also can't fully focus.
I don't understand why not more people are rebelling against that.
I'll go outside and relax after or before work and on weekends. This is fine for me personally, but I can see how it might not be the same for everybody (I don't have a commute for example, which helps). I have not done part time work, but I expect I would just be unproductive 25% of the time and productive 25% of the time, at the same ratio as before. I've had many 4 week vacations and they didn't do much for my productivity (except maintaining it long-term I assume).
Could you take two of those 50% jobs and be productive all the time? (no)
I don't understand why we see this well known fact in human psychology as a problem instead of an inevitable part of doing business (both as an employee and an employer). Margins seem to be high enough to make software engineers extremely productive given the way the industry currently works. Of course, flexibility and work life balance can always be improved, but there are lots of companies where everybody is pretty happy about that aspect and the business is running well.
If you as a company have great culture and compensation that's up to market specs, you also don't have problems hiring people, even if it might take some time in the current market.