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Josh King
@toastit.dev

I've done some thinking on this over the last year or so and came to realize that "back when" I did a lot of community work to challenge myself and get fulfillment to technical itches mainly because those itches weren't being scratched at work.

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Ryan
@blog.kilasuit.org

Yeah and that's a common thing Then that gets you a role that does satisfy the itch But then the role doesn't give enough time for the community side of things or other pressing life matters Because we're stuck in the view of the "perfect 5/7" work/life balance which really should be 4/7

Ryan
@blog.kilasuit.org

With day 5 a fully flexible day Which could be a work day that you take slices out of & add to each other work day So like 8 hr day and you say I'll work 5 days this week but 2 hours less on each of MonTueThurFri but my Fri is a R&D day for me

Josh King
@toastit.dev

I'm now getting that fulfilment in my current role and so the _need_ to do more outside of work isn't there anymore and so other priorities (like family!) get the focus they deserve instead. No regrets at all, just an observation I found interesting.