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By: 10 Princípios de Gerenciamento de Tempo (Projetos Ágeis) « Templário da Tecnologia

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:58:18 +0000

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Motivational Anti-Patterns | Caffeinated Coder — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:51:50 +0000

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Mon, 19 May 2008 01:26:31 +0000

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By: Geoserv

Geoserv — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:02:44 +0000

STUMBLED!

Seems like I am working overtime everyday.

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I remember reading the eXtreme Programming Core Practices several years ago and smirking when I got to the practice that called for regular 40 hour work weeks…

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By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:04:43 +0000

@FerventCoder – Yep, it’s down hill from here. It won’t be long now before you’ll be eating dinner at 4:00.

By: Fervent Coder

Fervent Coder — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:30:29 +0000

Very interesting post…I tend to put in at least five or more hours of overtime in per week. More recently I have been noticing that it makes me irritated when it never bothered me before. Does this mean I am getting older?

By: Russell Ball

Russell Ball — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:19:30 +0000

@Mr_Simple – Ah, a realist! Who let you in here?

Seriously, you bring up a good point. But I think there is a difference between large software vendors and business IT shops. Businesses that develop custom software in-house are much more reluctant to take on more than a few college graduates at a time. It simply takes too long to learn the business domain and professional skills are required when interacting with clients\co-workers that usually only comes from experience (at least in the places I’ve worked so far…). Businesses also tend to have a huge landscape of legacy apps to support, which means that experience with a wide variety of technologies is usually a bonus as well, which college students simply don’t have.

However, I’ll keep my skewed work ethic in mind if I ever try to get a job at either Microsoft or Google.