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Ask HN: Am I working too hard?

I really enjoy my line of work. I view it as an up-and-coming, innovative and ripe field in software. I have an excellent reputation with my coworkers as someone always willing to help out. I built out our core code that's used across the company for both older projects and newer ones, a powerful and flexible framework written in a modern language. I'm given both freedom and responsibility. I'm early in my career. I have a questionable habit of working into the evening, and sometimes on weekends. I do drink enough water, lightly exercise, and sleep 9+ hours every night. I take plenty of breaks. I don't do any large side projects - every couple months I will come across an interesting toy problem and may write a blog post about it for "portfolio development". I've been with my partner for 4 years, and we have a deep and loving relationship. We're bo

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I really enjoy my line of work. I view it as an up-and-coming, innovative and ripe field in software. I have an excellent reputation with my coworkers as someone always willing to help out. I built out our core code that's used across the company for both older projects and

Kind
startup
Status
Shut down
Inventor
maybe_too_much
Ended
2021
Source
hackernews
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