Subj : Re: do serious programmers have a life?
To   : comp.lang.c++,comp.programming
From : Victor Bazarov
Date : Sat Sep 24 2005 10:17 pm

Randy Howard wrote:
> [..]
> I simply don't believe that 9 or 10 hours fairly regularly, or
> even 12 in a pinch is a big deal.  There is nothing magical
> about "40" in a week.


Nothing magical, it's simply the law.  You can't legally *make* me
work longer.  Everybody works more than 8 hours when it's needed,
just like everybody would spend nights next to a sick relative's bed.

You make it sound like working 9 to 10 hours constantly is normal.
It's not.  In many organizations I've seen, if you have to stay late
and work longer hours, it often means you aren't cut out to do what
is required in the time alotted, the non-magical 40 hours a week.
Such workers are most likely slacking during the day.  That's all.

V

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