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A Developer's Guide To Setting Boundaries

Richard Donovan on March 20, 2024

Introduction I’ve witnessed developers and leaders work themselves into the ground. They people-please, stay late, and don’t want to di...
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Jon Randy 🎖️ • Edited

In one of my first developer roles, our boss absolutely insisted that no-one work late and that we should always try to leave on time. She firmly believed in work-life separation and that it was ultimately beneficial for everyone.

I've carried that with me ever since, and never work late or more than I have to (unless there is a genuine emergency - which is extremely rare).

You work to live, not live to work.

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Richard Donovan

Totally agree @jonrandy

The irony is that with this kind of attitude, people will put in that extra effort if a genuine emergency arises.

I've worked at places in the past where it would tick over to 5:30 and you could feel people looking around because they didn't want to be the first one to leave...

This is spot on - "You work to live, not live to work." 👍