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I don't think this is good advice. If you need synchronization use sych. primitives, java.util.concurrent etc., not thread locals.

Do some research on GC locker.

>> it could take ~8 hours just to regain the state I had in my head

Sounds interesting, can you please share more details about what you were working on?

If there are other people in your team who think the same, then bring it up to your manager(s). Unless you bring it up nothing will change so the only way out is to leave the company at that point.

Buy real estate overseas. You need to do some research though to understand which location to invest.

Dealing with production problems, which may be functionality, performance, and reliability related.