I’m a software engineer. On my first job I worked extremely long hours (just an hour at home, sleep, repeat) with toxic environment and shit pay. Then I worked in EU with 5 weeks vacation and maximum of 8h per day, most times around 6h. Now I work in US, Texas and I get a bunch of money but only 2 weeks vacation, and the hours float between 3-10 hours a day mostly being in the 3-5 range while getting paid for 40h per week. My plan is to get rid of Friday from my contract and take 25% pay cut so that I only work those 3-5 hours 4 days a week. I don’t own anything yet as I just moved here so I need to pay off my debts, get a mortgage and stuff, which will take a couple of years. I think I can pull it off soon once I get to senior level, the salary jumps real high there. I’m so close!