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

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Howard S Shubs wrote:
> 
> In article <7on5qh$dcu$0@216.39.144.179>, Victoria Welch <vikki@oz.net> wrote:
> 
> >My point and I think Howards is that there was (in my/our experience) NO
> >compensation for it, unless you consider continual harrasment and demand
> >for more to be compensation.  12 - 16+ hours a day on a continual basis
> >IS abusive and detrimental to rational organizational goals (this is
> >where burned out people come from).  Sure, it saves the company a lot of
> >money, but they sure do not get much quality from exhausted and stressed
> >out workers.
> 
> Right.  Mr. Bell doesn't seem to "get" that such "savings" is -very- short
> term in that it destroys lives.  Lives are more important than any
> business I can think of, including medicine, defense, and certainly
> programming.


But only secondary to profits only. Really! As clearly demonstrated
throughout the business culture. They destroy your lives in insidious
ways, you don't know its happened until 10 or 15 years after the process
is begun. Only a few select people can see that logic and escape.


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