alt Hacker NewsI'm 13 years into my career and I haven't taken more than 5 days off in a row. That's usually a family reunion.
I think 4-8 weeks to recharge and reset would be helpful. What's the research say?
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I'm almost 17 years in and there's been a few times where I had more than 10 days off in a row, and I recently had a four week sabbatical. Anecdotally, it was great and reminded me that retirement has always been the goal.
Wow. Are you in the US? If so, is this the norm in the US? Pretty depressing... why do you want a SV wage then?
I take 3 weeks in a row every summer, couldn't live without it.
Wish I could do that too. But sabbatical is usually reserved for the elite engineers in elite firms.
Wow thats depressing.
I went to japan and took 14 days. I went to Iran and took 14 days. I went to canada and took 4 weeks. I went to Mexico and took 3 weeks.
Don't you want to do things with your life? Experience them properly?
Minimum vacation days here in Germany are 20 with many companies offering 30 so the idea that you can't take of at least a couple of weeks for a vacation is just crazy to me.
How do you travel and see the world like that?