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I'm seriously thinking about asking my boss about that one. With a pro-rata decrease in salary, of course.
The extra money just doesn't seem to be worth the constant struggle with myself. Plus I think it would be good to start at a level I'm comfortable with and build on that. By forcing myself to work at a rate I'm clearly incapable of, I'm losing out on all the positive feedback that comes from small successes.
To draw a crude analogy, air pollution modelling is as hard a problem for me as say, AI is for EY. And if he needed to take every other day off once upon a time,...
EDIT: PS I have been reading OB/LW for a while but have started commenting here only recently. Hello everyone!
You would probably like Ferris's Four hour workweek, has an example of how to get your boss to let you work from home and stuff like that. Not the same as above, but similar enough to help you.
Thanks. I'll check it out.