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[TheFaQQer]

He actually is doing this for a good cause, he wants to go work 2/3 time in IT, and work half-time (unpaid) in an orphanage.

2/3 + half = a lot of time working

[WordIsBond]

2/3 + half = a lot of time working

Really? 27 (2/3) + 20 (1/2) = 47 hours a week. The IT work will be WFH and he'll be living 2 minutes from the orphanage, so no commute. How many members of this forum have a longer work-week, by the time they count their commute, than that?

When I was his age I worked 60 hours a week. The difference was that my last 20 hours of work was exactly what I did for the first 40, and was soul-destroying, while his is likely to be somewhat rewarding and doing something completely different.

I admire what he's doing but I don't see it as all that difficult, in terms of the amount of work. It's the financial sacrifice, leaving family and friends, moving to a less developed country, all that, which seems a big deal to me.

[TheFaQQer]

Really? 27 (2/3) + 20 (1/2) = 47 hours a week.

I'd clearly missed the post where you said how many hours you meant and was just looking at the maths that two thirds plus one half equals more than one.

[jamesbrown]

I'd clearly missed the post where you said how many hours you meant and was just looking at the maths that two thirds plus one half equals more than one.

Unless you're scootie operating an Excel spreadsheet.