WORKING IN TECH

WORKING IN TECH THERE IS NO 9 TO 5 IN TECH THERE IS NO 9 TO 5 IN TECH MAYBE SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM TO FIVE PM BUT IT'S NOT LIKE YOUR WORK AUTOMATICALLY DISAPPEARS AT FIVE PM THE QUESTION THAT TRIGGERS ME MORE THAN ANYTHING IS OH IT'S FIVE PM DID ARE YOU DONE WITH WORK THERE IS NO BEING DONE WITH WORK AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER GIVEN WORK AND THEN YOU COMPLETE THE WORK AND NOW YOU'RE COMPLETELY DONE MAYBE SOMETIMES LIKE WHEN FINE BRO BUT THE BACKLOG IS INFINITE YOU'RE NEVER DONE WITH WORK A LOT OF NON TECH JOBS YOU GO IN YOU DO YOUR WORK AND YOU LEAVE AND YOU'RE COMPLETELY DONE THINK ABOUT WORK ANYMORE WHAT IN TECH BRO YOU YOU START YOUR WORK AFTER FIVE PM NOWADAYS ESPECIALLY WITH THE INFLUX THE EXPECTATION IS IS RIDICULOUS LIKE YOU'RE YOU'RE TAGGED ALL DAY IN MESSAGES AT ONE OFF TASKS OUTSIDE YOUR BOARD YOU HAVE TO JUST DO THINGS CONSTANTLY ATTEND MEETINGS AND THEN WHEN YOU YOU DO YOUR WORK AND IT'S ALREADY SIX PM AND WHEN YOU HEAR THAT PEOPLE HAVE WORK LIFE BALANCE STOP DOING WORK AT FIVE PM IT'S EXACTLY THAT THEY JUST CHOOSE TO STOP DOING THE WORK THEY ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THEY THEY BARELY DID WORK TODAY AND THAT TOMORROW THEY'RE JUST GONNA REPORT ON THE WORK THEY DID BECAUSE THEY'RE MANUFACTURING THEIR 9 TO 5 THEY'RE FORCING THEMSELVES TO SIGN OFF AT FIVE PM BUT IN REALITY I'M I CAN DO WORK FOREVER THERE'S AN INFINITE AMOUNT I CAN WORK ON AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AND ARGUABLY EVERY SINGLE IS HIGH PRIORITY