Nobody Is Going to Give You the Day Off
New emerging technologies can save you time and make you more productive. They never come with any sort of guarantee of working fewer hours. Personally, I like to work, and I like having more productive days.
I also value freedom, flexibility, and autonomy.
Being more productive doesn't negate my freedom. Having flexibility doesn't directly impact productivity. I'm unsure why the advent of AI has led to so many people publicly demanding more time off because of the productivity gains.
I love working in, with, around technology. I've been fortunate enough to skip the college experience and get right to it. Nearly three decades later, I still fucking love it.
Agentic coding allows me to get more done with the time I have available. It's allowed me to chase after fun ideas I'd otherwise not be able to justify the time to pursue.
And when I need time off, I just take time off.
No pretense. No "I worked so hard, reward me with a day off". In fact, I schedule a day off every month so I always have that upcoming day off on the horizon. Actually getting some more tattoo work done on Tuesday.
Unlimited PTO has been around in tech for a while now. I've been quite fortunate to have little to no metering on my time off for nearly my entire career.
I can also admit that I may be short sighted and everybody bitching about wanting four day work weeks because of AI may not be as fortunate.
Instead of expecting that AI is going to lead to less work (spoiler: it's not), start taking your time back. Take a longer lunch. Cut out early to get the weekend started.
Hell, just schedule some time off already.
:wq
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