[TheForge] happy workers, happy shareholders

[Justin Fisher]

At 09:26 PM 12/19/2003, you wrote:
>The software
>         industry is one of the prime offenders in this manner.  People
>         are paid a salary for a 40-hour week, yet are routinely
>         expected to work anywhere from 60 to 80 or more hours.  That
>         is insane.

That is one reason I have been a contract programmer for the past 13 
years.  I don't have any job security (who does anymore?) and I don't get 
any benefits, but at least I get paid when I work.  Of course, now they're 
talking about sending the jobs to India...

--Justin, thinking it's hard to out-source plumbing.