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Whenever I dick around (damn you Code Project lounge!), I stay late to make up the time. Though, I'm beginning to realize that some distraction is expected and is inevitable, so I let myself slide on occassion.
Though, I'm only talking maybe an extra 30 minutes a day on average. I very much miss a previous job in which I only worked 7 hours (1 hour lunch was considered the 8th hour) a day. And at my last job, people were complaining about 80 hour weeks while I stuck to 40 to 45 hour weeks. I will work the occassional long week, but it becoming habitual is a sign of bad management and is not something I tolerate.
Regardless of when I get out of work, I still spend a significant amount of my personal time working on programming projects and learning programming related things, though that is more for personal gain that just so happens to benefit the company I work for.
I'll admit that I'm one of those darn overachievers that make others look bad, but I still can't stand underachievers that prevent me from implementing awesome things because they aren't willing to let me be a resource to them while they catch up to my level of proficiency. Or, worse, the ones you show the light but who refuse to accept it because they are set in their ways.
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One place i worked the owner expected his coders would only do 6 our of 8 hours at work. So that was good.
But that didn't stop him phoning me at 5:15pm Friday evening on my way home to ask why i wasnt at my desk.
Erm - i've done me 40 hours this week.
Bryce
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What is a 501 developer? One who stays til one minute past five?
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No, they are rebellious developers who despise their bosses and wear those[^] as a symbol of the revolution.
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
modified 19-Apr-12 3:35am.
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Oh my god! I hope none of my devs finds these!
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Wait! I could be wrong. They also could have joined the 501st Legion[^]. Then they would not be rebels 
At least artificial intelligence already is superior to natural stupidity
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Now that's business attire!
Do you think it would be appropriate to allow opening the air vents a bit on casual friday?
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Just had to share.
I had a few reminders in the last few weeks that put petty problems you want to solve with a shotgun into the right perspective.Enjoy life and always ask yourself if a rant is worth raising your blood pressure. Don't assume your close ones know what they mean to you. Tell them.
Sorry for the interuption, resume normal activity.
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RC_Sebastien_C wrote: Sorry for the interuption, resume happy activity.
Kindly Consider My Suggested Improvement
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A medic or in the case of the USMC Corpsman see a lot of horrific things in combat and I would rather he knew what he was doing prior to tending my wounds. Doctors used to use cadavers, don't know if they still do or not but it gives them some very practical training.
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Mike Hankey wrote: USMC Corpsman see a lot of horrific things in combat
very true
Mike Hankey wrote: it gives them some very practical training.
the article states that the goats arent good practical training though...
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When I was in combat training (USMC 67) our instructor sat us all down in some low bleachers, killed a rabbit, gutted it and threw the guts up into the bleachers. It had no practical purpose other than expose us to death, that's what they were teaching us. If you've never seen something like that there's no way to explain it to you and no way to prepare you for it.
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I would have thought a stint in any local hospitals A&E truma section would be better training... especially given the amount of people killed by guns every year over there.
but i do agree with your premise of preparation being needed
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Would you rather they train on humans? As a veteran I'm damn glad the medics didn't have to practice on me.
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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Mark Nischalke wrote: As a veteran I'm damn glad the medics didn't have to practice on me.
Amen brother!
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Mark Nischalke wrote: Would you rather they train on humans?
like how Nurses and Doctors are trained? ...... yes
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I'm with you on this. They would have to demonstrate this has any value. Glib references to the horrors of war are not sufficient.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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Right, forget the references, how about actual experience. Had any?
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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That is just a bullying comment. I prefer to keep this impersonal and focussed on the subject at hand.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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I take it as a no then.
Failure is not an option; it's the default selection.
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I think this discussion should have taken place in the Soapbox... perhaps someone can move it...
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Killa is on a roll with these type of posts today.
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A troll on a roll!
Give him a break though, goats are close cousins to sheep and he's a Kiwi
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_Josh_ wrote: goats are close cousins to sheep and he's a Kiwi
 hahaha
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