"The prevalence of social bubble-worthy companies whose value propositions are little more than "cat pictures" suggests an inflated sense of self-importance among the founders, and I can't expect to keep my level of enthusiasm in line with their irrational exuberance."
i totally loled :)
organizations that expect unreasonable working hours from developers or sysadmins are a bad place to work. the only places i consider it somewhat reasonable to work employees over 50 hrs / week are professional services firms where the firm is actually gaming the billable hours of the employee involved.
remember that you have a choice about the amount of hours you work: don't let yourself get into a position where you're being chided to work countless hours. a good manager knows that working most employees over 40 hrs / wk leads to lower quality work product, but as i mentioned above, the only place where this consistently translates to revenue is a prof services firm. ppl are more likely to commit errors and generate crap product once you push them over an 8 hr work day. this is not to say some ppl can't work a 16 hr day and be nearly twice as productive as an 8 hr day worker.
don't get discouraged and don't let ppl push you around with respect to the hours you clock. i'm sure you'll find somewhere that fits you better than behemoth X.
i totally loled :)
organizations that expect unreasonable working hours from developers or sysadmins are a bad place to work. the only places i consider it somewhat reasonable to work employees over 50 hrs / week are professional services firms where the firm is actually gaming the billable hours of the employee involved.
remember that you have a choice about the amount of hours you work: don't let yourself get into a position where you're being chided to work countless hours. a good manager knows that working most employees over 40 hrs / wk leads to lower quality work product, but as i mentioned above, the only place where this consistently translates to revenue is a prof services firm. ppl are more likely to commit errors and generate crap product once you push them over an 8 hr work day. this is not to say some ppl can't work a 16 hr day and be nearly twice as productive as an 8 hr day worker.
don't get discouraged and don't let ppl push you around with respect to the hours you clock. i'm sure you'll find somewhere that fits you better than behemoth X.