Borklog: One entry

31 October 2000

Philip has written an article on Managing Software Engineers. It's an interesting article, but I think it suffers from the typical macho software nerd uber-hacker wannabe syndrome. My first job (Visix) was a lot like what the environment he described - core workers toiling for long hours, accomplishing much, great fun had by all. He misses the point that workers eventually grow up, have families and interests outside of long work weeks, and no longer want to devote their entire lives to The Company. As well as overlooking the fact that a highly competent person that only works 40 hours a week can be much more productive than the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed college grad who spends 160 hours a week at the office.

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