Hot Take - India needs to work (create value) a lot more

Good thing. Just one more perspective - why to do all that if you can get the same in some other country. Here you need to handle politics, religious issues, riots, genocides once in a decade or 5 years. Education, medical stuff for children is bad. My close relative stayed in hospital for 25 days in comma spending 18 lacks just because of doctors mistake (in the best Gurgaon hospital). She passed away at 50, even after having 8 doctors in immediate family. So you can understand how careful she would be.

Patriotism has been in my generation (more than 8 generations with paintings in my home walls) And I know I would be staying here only. But buddy this is the time where one needs to evaluate "growth is double sided road". This generation can work hard but please set us free from regular turmoils on religious issues. Make peace.

Hot take - you won't generate value/productivity even if you work 140 hrs a week. Because productivity or value is estimated in dollar value generated per hr, and we are a poor fucking country. Your project value, company valuation, revenue, yada yada will almost always be less than western and Chinese counterparts.

Hot take: Work efficiently for 35-37 hours weekly with sufficient breaks and prioritize your work with realistic deadlines. Accept work will never end (eg. Bandya from chup chup ke), so don't lose yourself in it. Hustle hard but hustle smart. I have seen in my team, I am able to complete 2 people's work in 37 hrs week while my team average is 47 hours. In my opinion time management and prioritization is the key. You have one life don't lose it in work.

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Hot take for sure! A hot steaming pile of sh**

Hot take: our country can never become a developed country even if we work 700 hours a week.

Least bothered about the country's development, when the govt is all about tax terrorism and corruption.

All I care about is my own career and wealth generation and that's what I'm and would work towards, simple as that. If that indirectly helps the nation, so be it.

And yours' is not a hot take, it's an utterly stupid one.

What do you mean by wlb being a privilege? It should be goddamn right. This is what is wrong with most Indians, they don't know what they deserve and get exploited for it.

Wrong take. Human body is not designed to work n number of hours "under someones observation". Hard Work is good but for whom? Companies like Infosys? When the grandchild of Murty just become owner of crores just after days being born through gift sharing. Basically you want to convey that we should pour all our energy to make India a developed nation. And can you explain what is the defination of developed nation? Cause as per my understanding of "development" is. Case A: Person A used to live in village sold his assets migrated to city on rental property working under some company and using the salary money to buy goods. CaseB: Person B is living in village growing his food,rearing his cattle getting other goods from rest of villagers using barter system.

Now case A will be considered as developed as the companies are getting profit and is being counted to gdp but case B wont.

And for your logic of young population have you seen the fetility rate for the sake of this fake development. Go study S. Korea and Japan.

More work or better quality work?

Strongly disagree. If you hustle hard, you are going to get burnt out, especially if you are doing it for an external reward such as a hike, promotion or to be a rockstar for a company, and then it is denied to you. Your health is going to suffer. Your family is going to suffer. Your mental health will be in a pit. Instead, build a sustainable routine. Find what is expected out of your role in your company and provide value, but don't kill yourself in the process. Get home on time, and spend time with your family. If you don't have a family or anyone to talk to, work on building a solid personal circle. Humans don't exist in a void, even introverts need people to socialize with and someone to talk to. Work on your own self, fix your health. If you are feeling bored at work, spend time everyday studying to find a new job that will fulfill you. If you are overworked, ask yourself why you are doing this, to whom are you proving that you can do it all. Go to bed a contended person, who did their job for the day, took care of themselves, their family, their head and their goals. This in itself will take you time. Don't hustle or coast. Be neither stretched nor useless. Find the sweet spot of life. It is the only way you can have sustainable growth.