Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT?
by bambataa on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:57AM
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College students who didn't plan their time properly.
The only reason it happens in those other white collar jobs is because it's cheaper for management to work a few people really hard than hire enough to the job with reasonable working conditions.
If you work like that you're literally sacrificing your free time and health for the benefit of the company's bottom line. Maybe if you're lucky you'll get a small bonus and 'recognition'.
Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT?
by pvg on Monday July 23, 2018 @08:41PM
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If any of this were true, it would be a very strong indication we live in a particularly naively written simulation.
Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT?
by Asooka on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:29AM
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I like how you listed the three most dysfunctional industries and trailed off with etc. Reminds me of the proof that all odd numbers are prime - 3, 5, 7 are prime, so the rest should be prime as well... 1 is the exception that proves the rule!
Much more onerous things happen regularly in lots of white collar jobs. People in medicine, law, finance, etc. A weekend with an all-nighter before some big deliverable? College students do this.