Would you rather:

Work on a super relaxed project with elite work/life balance (~4 hours of actual work per day), but learn next to nothing over the time span.

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Work on a super interesting project with the ability to learn in-demand skills, but the work/life balance ranges from bad to horrendous (~10-14 hours of actual work per day)?

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Super relaxed - my work is not my passion. I’d rather learn other things after work.

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Apparently not enough - too* ;)

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Did the second for the first year and a half. Built a solid reputation, so got more options, and now doing the first.

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Super chill 100% of the time. I won’t break my back for a company.

Anything over 52 is pushing it

Where’s the option for an interesting project where you work 9 hours a day m-r and then 4 hours Friday?

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