Comments on: PEBFAD http://kennsarah.net/2006/04/05/pebfad/ The digital home of Sarah & Ken Walker Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:01:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Our Story » Outside http://kennsarah.net/2006/04/05/pebfad/#comment-1333 Our Story » Outside Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:43:07 +0000 http://kennsarah.net/2006/04/05/pebfad/#comment-1333 [...] Another day of “eating nuclear waste” to keep the business running. Nice thing about being busy is that, at the end of the day, you feel like you’re taking names and kicking arse. Plus, it fights off the layoff jitters. It’s nice to be the “key guy” on this project, and I’m glad my manager gave me the opportunity to run with it. I’m even more glad, though, that tomorrow is a work holiday. I miss sleep. [...] [...] Another day of “eating nuclear waste” to keep the business running. Nice thing about being busy is that, at the end of the day, you feel like you’re taking names and kicking arse. Plus, it fights off the layoff jitters. It’s nice to be the “key guy” on this project, and I’m glad my manager gave me the opportunity to run with it. I’m even more glad, though, that tomorrow is a work holiday. I miss sleep. [...]

]]> By: Jai http://kennsarah.net/2006/04/05/pebfad/#comment-1305 Jai Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:19:44 +0000 http://kennsarah.net/2006/04/05/pebfad/#comment-1305 Dude, that kind of pressure is insane. Maybe I'm just lazy, but if I was being demanded that I work 70 hours a week and on weekends so that the Bankers can make more money, I'd say - find another monkey... well, not untill I found another zoo, but I'd start looking for another zoo. And then when that other zoo said that I could live in it's stressless cages, I'd totally say "Find Another Monkey". And that's nuts about the water dude. You're a brave man to admit that! :) Dude, that kind of pressure is insane. Maybe I’m just lazy, but if I was being demanded that I work 70 hours a week and on weekends so that the Bankers can make more money, I’d say - find another monkey… well, not untill I found another zoo, but I’d start looking for another zoo. And then when that other zoo said that I could live in it’s stressless cages, I’d totally say “Find Another Monkey”.

And that’s nuts about the water dude. You’re a brave man to admit that! :)

]]> By: Mike Bond http://kennsarah.net/2006/04/05/pebfad/#comment-1304 Mike Bond Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:49:27 +0000 http://kennsarah.net/2006/04/05/pebfad/#comment-1304 <em>He told anecdotes of working 70-hour weeks and weekend upon weekend to address production outages and deliver projects on time. So much for work-life balance.</em> Tech jobs in the private world do not lend themselves to having a life outside of work. I recently turned down a job that paid upto $33,000 more than i am making now because of the lack of vacation time. Just isn't worth it. I'm more than willing to put in 70->90 hour 7 day weeks, but when an opprotunity for a break comes along I want to take 3 weeks off. Right now its not uncommon for me to take 6 paid weeks off a year. Thats the trade off companies need to be willing to make, and most private companies aren't doing that yet. <em>We’ve been living in this apartment for almost three years and I had been turning the wrong knob for hot water.</em> LoL. yeah, when i first bought my place 1/2 the faucets were backwards, and the ones that seemed right only had luke-warm water. Thought i was going crazy at first, running around the house trying to figure out what was wrong. He told anecdotes of working 70-hour weeks and weekend upon weekend to address production outages and deliver projects on time. So much for work-life balance.

Tech jobs in the private world do not lend themselves to having a life outside of work. I recently turned down a job that paid upto $33,000 more than i am making now because of the lack of vacation time. Just isn’t worth it. I’m more than willing to put in 70->90 hour 7 day weeks, but when an opprotunity for a break comes along I want to take 3 weeks off. Right now its not uncommon for me to take 6 paid weeks off a year. Thats the trade off companies need to be willing to make, and most private companies aren’t doing that yet.

We’ve been living in this apartment for almost three years and I had been turning the wrong knob for hot water.

LoL. yeah, when i first bought my place 1/2 the faucets were backwards, and the ones that seemed right only had luke-warm water. Thought i was going crazy at first, running around the house trying to figure out what was wrong.

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