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Hey Developer, Go get a life!

Maulik on October 20, 2020

We developers have the common issue of managing work-life balance. Being an experienced developer, I have the following things to say Suc...

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Gregor Gonzalez • Oct 21 '20

At my worst I had 3 jobs at the same time for 2 years. I did not know what to do with my life.

Work is an endless task. You can change jobs, you can go to the other side of the world and basically it will be the same.

Your life, your time, that is much more important. Enjoy the day to day and if you are accompanied it is better

Ivan Fateev • Oct 27 '20

Thanks for this shout.

I've changed my mind recently. I used to be a hero. Now I'm still a hero, but only in working hours. People around learnt how to prioritize their requests.

Sad part is that I've spent so many unpaid extra hours before, thinking it's a norm.

Good part, eventually you realize, that's not right.

Maulik • Oct 28 '20

Happy for you Ivan

Morillas • Oct 28 '20 • Edited

I hope this post can help some developers to open the eyes.

I also think that this also depends on the culture, perhaps.

I must disagree with the very first sentence of this post: "We developers have the common issue of managing work-life balance". I've been developer for around 20 years and I never had this issue. I always knew that, above being a developer, I'm a person. Which means that I have life outside work and, therefore, my life must be respected. During all these 20 years of experience and working for multiple companies I'd say that only 1 or 2 of my dev colleagues had problems with work-life balance. So, I guess it's very related with the culture.

I would also add to devs who have this problem:

Any issue/task/feature you are working on if you go home after a day of work, they will be there waiting for you. So, go home and enjoy life.
Does it really make a difference in finishing something today after working 10-12 hours or finishing tomorrow? 99% of the times the answer to this question will be NO. So, go home and enjoy life.
If the company does not allow you to balance your work-life, then that company is not worth it. Leave and look for another one which fits with your values and culture.

Maulik • Oct 28 '20

agree with you

Brian Barbour • Oct 20 '20

Great suggestions Maulik! I feel like learning that work life balance can be hard for some devs, but so so necessary to avoid burn out.

Maulik • Oct 21 '20

Thank you, Brian. You are absolutely correct.

Fernando • Oct 27 '20

I dont need a life, I need a job :´(

Hi, I'm Vivek Bhookya • Oct 28 '20

Good luck
Keep working hard :D

Maulik • Oct 28 '20

You will surely get a good job Fernando. Best of luck. 🙂

dat le tien • Oct 28 '20

Thanks Maulik. You're right. Sometimes I worked on many projects at the same time. But I feel I have not a time for my family.
That's my developer life, my time. And that's the journey. So I will do whatever happy for enjoy it.