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6) forget to check notifications in a reasonable amount of time and miss important alerts, possibly negatively impacting your career growth.


7) learn to not care so much :)

Edit:// to be fair I have downtime notifications on priority. Everything else is not time critical


>> career growth

Sorry, I don't buy in the fetishisation of that and being instantly available.

If someone needs to get in touch with me, then they will.


Here's the fun fact: they don't need you. Someone else will seize the opportunities you miss while being unavailable.

Also, we created a scenario where they literally cannot get in touch with you even if they need you.. are you expecting an emergency carrier pigeon?




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