40 hours is too much. My productivity dips after my 4th hour in the day, and takes a nosedive after 6. It also leaves me with no time for any real hobbies, and no energy for them either. I don’t even need 40 hours worth of pay. I could live more than comfortably on half my salary and other people could join the…

This is why I left the game industry. I was the top of my class in university, I was top of my team at work, and I routinely write great code and do exceedingly well at my job. Though I was never part of the layoffs, I witnessed several, along with the subpar salaries compared to other easier programming jobs,…