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    Kent Sharkey
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    Really?[^] Really? :doh:

    TTFN - Kent

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      Really?[^] Really? :doh:

      TTFN - Kent

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      Sander Rossel
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      You also need to kill the programmers family and friends because they distract him from what life is really all about: work! That's what they teach you at the management fast-track course anyway :D

      My blog[^]

      public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
      {
      public void DoWork()
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      throw new NotSupportedException();
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        Really?[^] Really? :doh:

        TTFN - Kent

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        Vark111
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        Silly question aside, that first answer is actually pretty good.

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          Really?[^] Really? :doh:

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          Slacker007
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          I have not worked ANYWHERE that required me, or asked me, to work 60-80 hour weeks. That is ludicrous. However, I have had to work 60+ hour weeks, but again, that was not required, or SOP.

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            Really?[^] Really? :doh:

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            Oh, look, it's 15:00, time to go home.

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              Really?[^] Really? :doh:

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              Brisingr Aerowing
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              The asker (likely a manager) needs his head examined. And possibly a talk with HR (ending with his firing, most likely)

              What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? --- The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. --- Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???

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                Really?[^] Really? :doh:

                TTFN - Kent

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                Mark_Wallace
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                "First, basic, level of motivation is money" Bollocks. Besides, all you need to do to get infinite overtime is remind the guys that "life" is only a foolish anagram of "file", and that no one file is more important than your project to make an app to demonstrate how to download and install VLC.

                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                  Really?[^] Really? :doh:

                  TTFN - Kent

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                  I love the opening of the second answer: S

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                  erious answer: 80 hours? Seriously? Basically, that's 12 hours per day for 7 days.

                  Seriously? 7 x 12 = 80? The poster has evidently been working 80+ hours a week and their brain is tired! (or is that Tyred in the US of A?)

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                    Oh, look, it's 15:00, time to go home.

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                    No, 15:00 is the time to arrive at work. 16:00 is the time to go home! :cool:

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                      I love the opening of the second answer: S

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                      erious answer: 80 hours? Seriously? Basically, that's 12 hours per day for 7 days.

                      Seriously? 7 x 12 = 80? The poster has evidently been working 80+ hours a week and their brain is tired! (or is that Tyred in the US of A?)

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                      Garth J Lancaster
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                      You're up the coast somewhere(*) aren't you ? everything ok with TC Marcia ? (*) I thought QLD/Brisbane

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                        You're up the coast somewhere(*) aren't you ? everything ok with TC Marcia ? (*) I thought QLD/Brisbane

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                        Yep I'm in the N Sunshine Coast - where we had more than 130mm rain in 12 hours overnight (my rain gauge only measures 120mm officially but it had overflowed the top) It's reasonably quiet at present - some flooding, few roads closed, but we're waiting for it to come closer this evening/overnight. spent yesterday evening securing things (I wonder if the winds will be strong enough to move The Boy's three skate ramps? -that could be messy!) His school and Mrs. Maxxx work are closed today due to flooding, Im working from home due to not being willing to get stuck and not be able to get home again. I have beer, the power is still on but in any case my mobile devices are charged up - so really just hoping for no major damage overnight tonight. I tweeted this photo[^] of the destructive nature of the winds here, earlier on.

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                          Yep I'm in the N Sunshine Coast - where we had more than 130mm rain in 12 hours overnight (my rain gauge only measures 120mm officially but it had overflowed the top) It's reasonably quiet at present - some flooding, few roads closed, but we're waiting for it to come closer this evening/overnight. spent yesterday evening securing things (I wonder if the winds will be strong enough to move The Boy's three skate ramps? -that could be messy!) His school and Mrs. Maxxx work are closed today due to flooding, Im working from home due to not being willing to get stuck and not be able to get home again. I have beer, the power is still on but in any case my mobile devices are charged up - so really just hoping for no major damage overnight tonight. I tweeted this photo[^] of the destructive nature of the winds here, earlier on.

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                          Garth J Lancaster
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                          ugh - take care dude

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                            ugh - take care dude

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                            Cheers! She'll be right!

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                              Really?[^] Really? :doh:

                              TTFN - Kent

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                              Spencer Kittleson
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                              I hope she means that the 80+ hour work week is a complete joke. Her execution was as poor as the title.

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                                I love the opening of the second answer: S

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                                erious answer: 80 hours? Seriously? Basically, that's 12 hours per day for 7 days.

                                Seriously? 7 x 12 = 80? The poster has evidently been working 80+ hours a week and their brain is tired! (or is that Tyred in the US of A?)

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                                stefan cudai
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                                I think thats correct: 7 x 12 = 84 - 4 (hours of lunch time for 7 days) ;P

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                                  I love the opening of the second answer: S

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                                  erious answer: 80 hours? Seriously? Basically, that's 12 hours per day for 7 days.

                                  Seriously? 7 x 12 = 80? The poster has evidently been working 80+ hours a week and their brain is tired! (or is that Tyred in the US of A?)

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                                  Member 10707677
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                                  80 hour work week is possible, when you consider the occasional 34 hour workday. (Been there, done that.) I had a contract supplying data center operations management when a critical disk drive failed right before the month end closing reports. Eleven hours service time (two failures [missing set screw]), seven hours recovery, sixteen hours processing time with two of three operators on leave. (Yours truly filling in.)

                                  The difficult may take time, the impossible a little longer.

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                                    Really?[^] Really? :doh:

                                    TTFN - Kent

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                                    Always make me laugh; a "businessman" that wonders if he has to pay overtime. Must be an easy trade, this "business" thingy, judging by the amount of general knowledge of those in the field.

                                    Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]

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                                      I love the opening of the second answer: S

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                                      erious answer: 80 hours? Seriously? Basically, that's 12 hours per day for 7 days.

                                      Seriously? 7 x 12 = 80? The poster has evidently been working 80+ hours a week and their brain is tired! (or is that Tyred in the US of A?)

                                      PooperPig - Coming Soon

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                                      Herbie Mountjoy
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                                      Well if you add the half an hour for lunch and an extra half hour on Sunday, that calculation sort of works.

                                      I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.

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                                        "First, basic, level of motivation is money" Bollocks. Besides, all you need to do to get infinite overtime is remind the guys that "life" is only a foolish anagram of "file", and that no one file is more important than your project to make an app to demonstrate how to download and install VLC.

                                        I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                        Peter R Fletcher
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                                        Not entirely! The cited article said something to the effect that you needed to supply enough money to put bread (and a few cakes!) on the table before you did anything else. A programmer who is wondering where his next meal is coming from (literally or figuratively) is not going to do his/her best work. More pay doesn't magically produce better code, but adequate pay (as defined by the recipient) is a necessary starting point.

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                                        • K Kent Sharkey

                                          Really?[^] Really? :doh:

                                          TTFN - Kent

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                                          Kirk 10389821
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                                          I have put in insane levels of hours in my youth. I am talking 28hrs of straight coding, amped up on cola, chips and sweets. Followed by 6hrs of sleep and an 18hr day, 8hrs sleep, 12hr days for the rest of the week, and slept all weekend. Made the deadline! (we still did not get the contract, LMAO). But I learned an important lesson: Can vs. Should. As a manager, I do NOT want my team working over time! Occasionally, it happens. I allow them to flex the time so that I ACCRUE NO net benefit. In the end, we all need to be Happy AND Productive. Not just Happy we ARE productive!

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