That's sophistry. Being full time employed means just that. Obviously you have free time and that's great, but that's time to do not-work, not other work, and that's obvious and reasonable to the vast majority of employees, and it makes a lot of sense that prohibiting it is the default.
The fact that we work in a field where your hobby might quite often be productive work to the extent that it could compete with your day job is an extreme privilege and is to be treated as such.
That said, these things are often malleable, and that's a good thing to be aware of, but grandstanding on "4.2x salary" just makes you look entitled.
> Obviously you have free time and that's great, but that's time to do not-work, not other work, and that's obvious and reasonable to the vast majority of employees, and it makes a lot of sense that prohibiting it is the default.
Wow. So your point is that, because you like doing non-work on your own time, everybody should be prohibited from doing work?
> The fact that we work in a field where your hobby might quite often be productive work to the extent that it could compete with your day job is an extreme privilege and is to be treated as such.
Holy shit, seriously? I seriously have to ask my employer permission to have a hobby because the hobby might be lucrative? I have a hard time believing you actually hold these opinions.
My employer isn't the one who made my hobby "a privilege". My hobby might be a privilege, but I'm sure as hell not going to ask my employer whether they'll allow me to practice it.
It's not a privilege, by the way, because it's a hobby. At most, the "privilege" is the fact that people will pay for it, but it's the same for any person who actually enjoys the field they work in.
The fact that we work in a field where your hobby might quite often be productive work to the extent that it could compete with your day job is an extreme privilege and is to be treated as such.
That said, these things are often malleable, and that's a good thing to be aware of, but grandstanding on "4.2x salary" just makes you look entitled.