Comments on: The Old Programmer’s Home http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/08/17/the-old-programmers-home/ Musings on the craft and business of software development Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:21:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Evan http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/08/17/the-old-programmers-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2122 Evan Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:04:27 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/08/17/the-old-programmers-home/#comment-2122 Think of it this way, if you get turned away because of your age, that's not where you want to be anyway. The young guys would do well to run as well. Write that shop off as a nightmare. And yes, as a young whippersnapper, I can say that developer abuse is rampant. Imaginary wages and free overtime are king. I interviewed in January and part of an offer I received was heafty stock options (which of course added an imaginary number into my "total compensation package"). I politely said no and mentioned that paper isn't worth anything unless someone is willing to purchase it. Oh, and no paid overtime. ;-) I've been down that road before. It's called 80 hours of work for 40 hours of pay, and the numbers don't look so good for me at the end of the day. But then again, I've also come to the conclusion that headhunters are your best friend--just make sure to know your strengths and how much you are worth. They like seeing you paid for all that overtime and will generally congregate where the big money shops are. Think of it this way, if you get turned away because of your age, that’s not where you want to be anyway. The young guys would do well to run as well. Write that shop off as a nightmare.

And yes, as a young whippersnapper, I can say that developer abuse is rampant. Imaginary wages and free overtime are king. I interviewed in January and part of an offer I received was heafty stock options (which of course added an imaginary number into my “total compensation package”). I politely said no and mentioned that paper isn’t worth anything unless someone is willing to purchase it. Oh, and no paid overtime. ;-)

I’ve been down that road before. It’s called 80 hours of work for 40 hours of pay, and the numbers don’t look so good for me at the end of the day.

But then again, I’ve also come to the conclusion that headhunters are your best friend–just make sure to know your strengths and how much you are worth. They like seeing you paid for all that overtime and will generally congregate where the big money shops are.

]]> By: JonR http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/08/17/the-old-programmers-home/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 JonR Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:34:58 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/08/17/the-old-programmers-home/#comment-2112 > We’re to the point where everything we encounter looks at least vaguely familiar unintentionally hilarious! :-) > We’re to the point where everything we encounter looks at least vaguely familiar

unintentionally hilarious! :-)

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