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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sibe who wrote (1399)	4/6/1998 8:43:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

re: mandatory overtime OT has some bounds that may be over-looked from the pointy heads. physical limitations The most one can physically expect from a worker is an 80 hour week. That means you alternately work 16 hours and sleep as close to 8 as you can. Weekends are necessary for recharging, or the body will break down. psychological limitations Burnout becomes increasingly likely as the work-week is extended past 60 hours a week. How many sustained months of this could you take and still produce good code? Coding needs an alert mind. 80 hours/week does not likely double the results of a 40 hour week. At some point, you will lose ground by forcing too many hours. >>> Anything can happen, we have 637 days left. >> Not if you take into account, weekends, holidays, sick leave, vacations, etc etc, we have a lot less time than many people think. --Shades > Then again, there's also mandatory overtime. Hope Y2k programmers aren't planning on a social life for a few years.