Visual Studio 2005 Before that, the only "visual" stuff I used was Borland Delphi 3.

Windows 3.1

ZX-Spectrum+ ROM BASIC

Supaplex

Who is Penny? What are you talking about?

How about this one then? http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13500847[^] It was discovered inside someone's nose!

He worked hard and solved the problem while others worked less hard and could not solve theirs.

Blasphemy!

If you are not a programmer, what are you doing on a programming site? I personally know lots of bosses. They do mainly administrative work.

Yes, it is strange, indeed. You are programmers. You should be on the programmer's side. Instead, you seem to be on the side of the man who forgot / never knew how to code (the boss).

Wrong quote.

Not at all. It shows he is hard-working. He worked harder to finish his work in less time than supposed!

It is never you the one who decides how much time should your assignment take.

He finished the task he was assigned to. He deserves a promotion or a salary raise because he is proficient and quick. If you force the employee do more that he was assigned in the same time, you steal from him. Who is the thief then?

That is simply false.

It sounds very attractive. Me and my colleague are given similar tasks. I finish it early. He can not. Why should I be treated the same? It is obvious that I am superior.

Of course. If he is that good! The boss wants the job done. He estimates it to last 8 hours. One employee finishes it in 10 hours, so he stays over time. Another finishes it in 5 hours! Congrats! He leaves early! It is the bonus for being proficient!

There is work to do for tomorrow. He finished today's work. If he works more than he is being paid it is like charity work.

You are plain wrong. He does what he is paid for. He should work more if he is paid more.

You are wrong. The boss always invents something more to do. He is not paid for that! He is paid to do what he already has done! Try to understand: you are paid to do something in 8 hours and you finish it in 7; the remaining hour is yours, not boss'