I do wonder if the answer to my back pain is a lifestyle where I am simply moving my body more. As an engineer I mostly “get stuff done” at a desk. Both my work desk and now my home desk are motorized adjustable height desks, but still being so sedentary seems to the root cause of my slowly declining physical shape. My lower back hurts regularly and now my neck has been hurting again. I used to go to a chiropractor and I’m considering starting up again.
But the root of it is that I’m not active. I used to ride my bike, run, and lift weights and I weighed 40 pounds less than I do now. But I’ve found some personal projects to work on that I’m so passionate about I’ve wanted to stay inside on evenings and weekends to make progress. Really, I just struggle with a day job that perpetuates our capitalist system, and try to make up for it by doing good open source work when I’m at home.
But I wish it was more common to work fewer hours in tech. I’m happy to be paid proportionally but I want a job where it’s okay to work 20 hours a week at a high tech pay rate.
I think if I did that, I might get out more. Or maybe I need to find a lower paying job that lets me work on my passions during the day. Then in the evenings I could go play basketball or do night hikes or something.
Has anyone pulled either of these off? More specifically has anyone pulled this off in the SF Bay Area?
But the root of it is that I’m not active. I used to ride my bike, run, and lift weights and I weighed 40 pounds less than I do now. But I’ve found some personal projects to work on that I’m so passionate about I’ve wanted to stay inside on evenings and weekends to make progress. Really, I just struggle with a day job that perpetuates our capitalist system, and try to make up for it by doing good open source work when I’m at home.
But I wish it was more common to work fewer hours in tech. I’m happy to be paid proportionally but I want a job where it’s okay to work 20 hours a week at a high tech pay rate.
I think if I did that, I might get out more. Or maybe I need to find a lower paying job that lets me work on my passions during the day. Then in the evenings I could go play basketball or do night hikes or something.
Has anyone pulled either of these off? More specifically has anyone pulled this off in the SF Bay Area?