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> My own stuff? I'm ready for the 40 (job) + 60 (my own projects) work week!

Since you said you're very young I assume you're still at school/university and haven't had a tech job yet.

This doesn't work. Time is not the biggest factor, energy and focus are. You can only put in 40hrs and be extremely drained.

It's very unlikely you're going to be able to perform well at work and then be productive for another 60hrs on personal projects, especially not at your first job when you're learning a very large amount of new stuff.

Even just 60hrs of personal projects is probably way too much time relative to energy and focus (Your energy and focus will likely be drained before the 60hr mark).



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