Working in your own (free) time...
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and don't get me started on duck-typing.
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Hi, Just in zombie mode today after no sleep on Sunday night due to a being bothered by some results from a set of tests the boss wanted to show a client, I sat down and reformatted the lot (& I mean a lot)!. I am wondering if IT & Electronics has a greater percentage of workaholics / OCD suffers than other fields as it seems I and friends (in IT) seem to end end up taking work home to do. I mean in other fields of work, legal for instance there does not seem to be the "oh darn, I will do it when I get home", remote access allows you to work off site (at home generally). Or am I just plain odd (well odder than I though!) Glenn
Hey everybody, the Great Recession is over (mostly). Lots of employers only expect you to work one hour for an hour's pay. If you're working 80 hours a week and being paid for 40 (or 37.5), you're being cheated. If you like to work 80 hours a week, find an employer who pays an insanely great wage or work for yourself.
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Hey everybody, the Great Recession is over (mostly). Lots of employers only expect you to work one hour for an hour's pay. If you're working 80 hours a week and being paid for 40 (or 37.5), you're being cheated. If you like to work 80 hours a week, find an employer who pays an insanely great wage or work for yourself.
Hmmm, the Great Recession is over for some, not all this side of the pond. Part of it was due to other things taking importance, and it being ignored until people started asking for it.:mad: my own fault really! Glenn
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Hi, Just in zombie mode today after no sleep on Sunday night due to a being bothered by some results from a set of tests the boss wanted to show a client, I sat down and reformatted the lot (& I mean a lot)!. I am wondering if IT & Electronics has a greater percentage of workaholics / OCD suffers than other fields as it seems I and friends (in IT) seem to end end up taking work home to do. I mean in other fields of work, legal for instance there does not seem to be the "oh darn, I will do it when I get home", remote access allows you to work off site (at home generally). Or am I just plain odd (well odder than I though!) Glenn
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I do bring work home when necessary but try not making a habit. Unless you are the owner or have greater share of the company, you may like to work for free. Off course if the work is aligned with your hobby then it is just playing any way.
The work I was doing is/was not related to hobby/interest but the work that I was doing (while not doing it) at work was, sort of......
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Although I am forced to agree to a time card that says I work 37.5 hours I actually work 80 hour weeks just about every week with a good deal of the time spent at home / remote logins at 2AM.. A few days ago I looked at the checkin logs on my subversion server and for the month of March, I checked code in 29 of the 31 days.
John
I'd start looking for another job. If such regime is actually needed, at your current workplace, something's rotten there.
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I do bring work home when necessary but try not making a habit. Unless you are the owner or have greater share of the company, you may like to work for free. Off course if the work is aligned with your hobby then it is just playing any way.
Any coder does - you can't simply shut off the part of your brain thinking about how to solve the latest problems you encountered at work. The problem is that it's counterproductive to work 80 hrs weeks as a coder - you start writing more and uglier code for less solved problems. If you take a break for a few days, then look at your code again, you wonder how on earth you got that portion of pasta submitted.
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Any coder does - you can't simply shut off the part of your brain thinking about how to solve the latest problems you encountered at work. The problem is that it's counterproductive to work 80 hrs weeks as a coder - you start writing more and uglier code for less solved problems. If you take a break for a few days, then look at your code again, you wonder how on earth you got that portion of pasta submitted.
I can relate to several occasions of ugly code under stress. As developers, we do whatever to help the project from time to time. However I made up my mind long time ago not to put more than average 40-45 hours per week and not to bring work home. If I must work 60-70 hours as the norm then there is something wrong with the project the way it is managed. Either marketing over promise or managers don't understand about software engineering or they just want to work the poor horse to death for pennies and so the company may not be caring for employee's happiness. I usually don't have much loyalty for companies I'm working for. My career and keeping my skills sharp and up-to-date are what make me marketable.
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Hi, Just in zombie mode today after no sleep on Sunday night due to a being bothered by some results from a set of tests the boss wanted to show a client, I sat down and reformatted the lot (& I mean a lot)!. I am wondering if IT & Electronics has a greater percentage of workaholics / OCD suffers than other fields as it seems I and friends (in IT) seem to end end up taking work home to do. I mean in other fields of work, legal for instance there does not seem to be the "oh darn, I will do it when I get home", remote access allows you to work off site (at home generally). Or am I just plain odd (well odder than I though!) Glenn
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and don't get me started on duck-typing.
I thought it was duck-taping.