The point isn't to "have time" the point is to have the most time possible. If you shot for a 4.0 that's going to take more time than shooting for a 2.0. In my mind it was always better to take the time saved by shooting for merely passing my classes and invest it into side projects than it was to invest that time to get a 4.0.
That didn't stop me from taking over the average course load and piling on difficult CS classes concurrently after having professors sign me out of pre-reqs, but since I shot for a 2.5 I didn't just "have time" for other things. I had lots of time for other things.
You keep asserting that it's important to invest time in high grades and you can do that while still having time for other things. I agree that one could do that, but I don't agree that investing time in a high GPA is really necessary or desirable in most circumstances.
That didn't stop me from taking over the average course load and piling on difficult CS classes concurrently after having professors sign me out of pre-reqs, but since I shot for a 2.5 I didn't just "have time" for other things. I had lots of time for other things.
You keep asserting that it's important to invest time in high grades and you can do that while still having time for other things. I agree that one could do that, but I don't agree that investing time in a high GPA is really necessary or desirable in most circumstances.