Hah. that sounds like my dad telling me I should get more out of my day!
yes it’s entirely possible to be at a stage where you can’t pull more hours out of your sleep or other obligations to fulfill X task you truly want to. I really have a lot invested in believing it.
Could you burn the candle at both ends ? Sure! But I the case that you already are, what more can you do?
If you are a knowledge worker - and on HN, perhaps you do have the spare time.
But if you are older - Do you need to take care of your family? Help around the house, sleep? Maybe not! But usually the older you are, the more likely it is that you don’t have those hours lying around to just burn a weekend at your convenience.
Which supports the idea that this is going to be a request (take home exercises) that will favor one type of person. The person with the freedom to burn that time.
yes it’s entirely possible to be at a stage where you can’t pull more hours out of your sleep or other obligations to fulfill X task you truly want to. I really have a lot invested in believing it.
Could you burn the candle at both ends ? Sure! But I the case that you already are, what more can you do?
If you are a knowledge worker - and on HN, perhaps you do have the spare time.
But if you are older - Do you need to take care of your family? Help around the house, sleep? Maybe not! But usually the older you are, the more likely it is that you don’t have those hours lying around to just burn a weekend at your convenience.
Which supports the idea that this is going to be a request (take home exercises) that will favor one type of person. The person with the freedom to burn that time.