Work-life balance, as I thought it to be in the start of my career is basically for me to work for a maximum possible part of my working hours and never any more than that. Life had a higher priority than work so I used to always involve is smart work and kind of planned "under estimate, over deliver". Rest of the "life" contributed to study and enjoy freedom alternatively. I slowly started to feel, that's not the way. Currently, with a ~4 yoe, I partially think the "Narayan Murthy"s around us aren't wrong. WLB is subjective, at the very start of your career you should hardly look out for it (doesn't mean to work your as* off for the employee with peanut salary, no) but don't expect to work for 8 hrs a day and chillax the rest. To me, it comes in phases and I'm okay with it. There could be a month or few when you might work 70+ hours a week, and then there could be a month where there's hardly any work. Just keep the smartwork going, but don't time yourself at the early stages. Learn and earn as much as you can, so someday you can gift your grandchild a few million ₹ as well. Its completely my perspective, probably because I've been blessed with the my kind of work as a SDE. Let me know, what's your take?
I agree with your words. WLB is subjective plus its a decision which has its own tradeoffs. It depends on ppl as to what they prioritise and are willing to sacrifice. Like now i focus on career and can stretch my work hours, but after marriage and kids i definitely cant and wont.
But isn’t that also wrong? Like what if someone in your boat has some other priorities like having someone they have to take care of. I agree it’s definitely subjective. And the workplace should be inclusive without any bias
In my 11+ years of experience, I have come to realise that WLB is the choice of being able to prioritise what you want to and not feel guilty about it.
You wanna work late nights? Good for you.
You have personal emergency? Let work slide for a short while
Your project is doing terrible but your work is done? Chip in and help other team members the same you would like their support if you were in their shoes.
Whatever you do should not feel unrealistic.
I see a lot of posts about WLB, I want to know what do you consider as a decent WLB. I will go first.
Rule of thumb If you get work thoughts outside 9-6 or weekends, it's not WLB.
Seen many reviews about companies having a good or bad WLB. As a fresher, I would love to know what experienced people consider a good work life balance and how important it is while judging a company? Any other factors to consider?
With my small experiences in the past, I haven't seen a good Startup with WLB for SDEs (0-3)yoe.
I want to know whether you work in a startup where there's WLB.
I understand that more work means more learning but I do not agree with th...
