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Originally Posted by astrochex View Post
But you don’t have the travel component and the time away from family and friends. And you’re the boss, not the worker bee. You call the shots, the author does not have that luxury.

Not saying its tough for you as a small business owner, but the comparison is apples to oranges.
Agree 100% not apples to apples. I just got a kick out of of long hard hours. Those are not long hard hours in my book..

I also do not get he month of August off. I do not get every Monday through Wednesday off and I do not get every winter off.

Yes, I am not traveling. If you think I saw my family from M-F you would be mistaken. If they did see me it was when I scarfed down dinner and then retrated back to my home office to work.

Yes, my choice.

Except, a 12 hour day is not a long day. Getting 2-3 days a week off at home does not sound that horrible to me.

When I went to the 2011 Montreal F1 race I happened to be in the same hotel as the Ferrari mechanics. I saw them in the morning in the lobby at 0800 heading to the track which surprised me, and again in the lobby at 1800. I did not see them gone for 12 hours when I saw them. I met with Will Buxton at a bar Thursday (might have been Friday) evening where a Red Bull and Force India mechanic came to say some words with us, along with a reserve driver for FI.

It seemed back then to be a cool gig. Especially if you are younger.

Maybe it has changed a lot, I still think it is a cool gig I would have loved to had when I was in my twenties.

Conclusion - 48 hour work week + travel does not sound horrible to me.



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