Re: not enough real programmers? (was Re: Byte Magazine: 18 Vintage issues, 1985-1986)

[hshubs@mindspring.com (Howard S Shubs)]

In article <37b5b0b5$1@195.34.192.13>, "Ruff Records"
<ruffrecords@geocities.com> wrote:

>Me too, Howard.  Like I said before it nearly destroyed my marriage.  The
>gastric thing is interesting.  I've only come accross that in one case and
>that was a guy who was a workaholic.  We have not explored this yet in this
>thread.  Do you come accross alot of workaholics in the companies that
>expect long hours, I mean is it almost a company culture thing?

I came across a certain amount of it in a very silly project at MCI,
IIRC.  Once I realized what was going on, I prepared to quit.  They got me
first, though.  Working 7 days a week for months on end with no end in
sight for no reason, is not supportable.
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