Jobs at Valve or Meta are very demanding and people can usually only cope with it if your life is your job and the many hours don‘t feel like working. These people are obsessed with what they are doing. It can be very soul crushing if you either loose that passion or want to have a life outside your job (like friends, a romantic partner, a time intensive hobby etc.).
Darkard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wish I could have a cool job like that instead of this soul crushing one I’ve ended up with
julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Any source for that?
julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
- Valve handbook (if you read between the lines)
- Working at Valve: ‘A Fearless Adventure’ or ‘Lord of the Flies’?
- Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Note: I am not saying this is bad practice. These companies try to offer you the best work environment and a very good salary. If you like working then this right for you and it will not necessarily feel like work. Also things might have changed in the last few years at Meta.
julianwgs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I just listened to podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/…/id1568389515?i=10…
She is definitely very passionate and obsessed about working on VR tech doing it in her freetime for month presumably years even after she left Meta.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I wish I could have a job…
I’m going on 20 months of unemployment.
CarrierLost@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
My dude, I wish you nothing but the best of luck. It’s hell out there, but don’t let it get to you. You’re worth it and will find what you need.