I worked as a devmanager for a new media company. I resented putting in all of the extra hours because the reason you have to wrok late is because of bad management.
I enjoy working hard on meaningful projects. But most of the time the pressure to get things done comes from screwed up schedules and poor client expectation management.
I quit that job and now I make 2.5 times as much money working 40 hours/wk as an independent contractor.
There is no reason for techies to work so hard for someone. Usually you are not getting paid enough. And many times the reason you have to work so hard is that some project manager did not listen to you in the first place.
Techies rule so we should start acting like it. And not get so damn excited about free cokes.
I say f*ck'em. Since I have been contracting I have taken up Scuba diving, sailing, I have time for the kid's little league games, nightly BBQ's etc. And I have time to work on my own side projects.
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I worked as a devmanager for a new media company. I resented putting in all of the extra hours because the reason you have to wrok late is because of bad management.
I enjoy working hard on meaningful projects. But most of the time the pressure to get things done comes from screwed up schedules and poor client expectation management.
I quit that job and now I make 2.5 times as much money working 40 hours/wk as an independent contractor.
There is no reason for techies to work so hard for someone. Usually you are not getting paid enough. And many times the reason you have to work so hard is that some project manager did not listen to you in the first place.
Techies rule so we should start acting like it. And not get so damn excited about free cokes.
I say f*ck'em. Since I have been contracting I have taken up Scuba diving, sailing, I have time for the kid's little league games, nightly BBQ's etc. And I have time to work on my own side projects.
StreetShark
in Seattle