>>Atwood recommended to avoid debt
>whch i guess means no college.
I'm not quite to recommending that, but almost. Google for "Higher Education Bubble". Certainly, don't go into student loan debt for $40K for a low quality non-STEM degree. The last 50 years of advice about "its worth it to go into debt to get a degree" is getting less and less true. If you feel you need a degree, go to the cheapest good quality school you can, and borrow the least amount of money you can get away with it.
Having a good portfolio of work not only beats a resume, it even beats having a degree, when getting an open source job.
> working 60-80+ hour weeks
Nobody can sustain 60-80 hr weeks indefinitely. You will wreck your health, and you wont be productive anyway, your useful output will be no more than working 40 hours a week anyway. Read the Lifehacker article: "Working Long Hours Is Hazardous to Your Health and Your Productivity". Give a copy to your managers. If they think it's "pure fantasy", look for managers who are actually good at their job, because these are not.
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Hello Sinjin:
>>Atwood recommended to avoid debt
>whch i guess means no college.
I'm not quite to recommending that, but almost. Google for "Higher Education Bubble". Certainly, don't go into student loan debt for $40K for a low quality non-STEM degree. The last 50 years of advice about "its worth it to go into debt to get a degree" is getting less and less true. If you feel you need a degree, go to the cheapest good quality school you can, and borrow the least amount of money you can get away with it.
Having a good portfolio of work not only beats a resume, it even beats having a degree, when getting an open source job.
> working 60-80+ hour weeks
Nobody can sustain 60-80 hr weeks indefinitely. You will wreck your health, and you wont be productive anyway, your useful output will be no more than working 40 hours a week anyway. Read the Lifehacker article: "Working Long Hours Is Hazardous to Your Health and Your Productivity". Give a copy to your managers. If they think it's "pure fantasy", look for managers who are actually good at their job, because these are not.
I'm the Mark Atwood that gave the talk. Thank you Jason, for attending, and for your accurate article.