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I like how he concluded that $88 per extra productive hour is worth it and more people should consider it.

Here’s other ways you could introduce productivity: 1. Hire house cleaners @400/month for a large house to come in twice a month. 2. Get a grammarly or similar subscription @60/month to write documents faster 3. Personal trainer 2 days a week for $60/session 4. A dietitian for weekly sessions @100/session (you could also do virtual sessions with people abroad for a lot cheaper if you want) 5. $200/session for a monthly career coach

The list goes on and any of these would help you more than just the additional productivity. Interesting experiment though.



Just what you listed comes out to USD 1540 a month ... which (here in Germany) is more than half of what an average software developer earns [1].

[1] https://platri.de/informatiker-gehalt/


Right I wasn’t suggesting you do all of the above. Plus in Germany, those costs are lower.


Still a bargain compared to paying someone $20/hour for 16 hours/day 30 days a month, which would be $9600/month


> Personal trainer 2 days a week for $60/session

Can't wait to leave Palo Alto where a personal trainer is way closer to $200 than $60 per hour. $120 a week for a PT is great.




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