RE: Friday philosophical - the age thing

[John Hedtke <john -at- hedtke -dot- com>]

Very good point, Wendy!  I think all of us have heard the "C'mon, 
lads, there's but one more hill to go!" speech often enough that we 
all can identify it as such.  Only rarely--and I'm not coming up with 
specifics, but I'm thinking there was one, once--has the corollary 
idea of "And here's what's in it for you" even been suggested.

I sure don't mind working some extra time to meet a deadline and be a 
pro, nor even making a CEO's bottom line better, but I'm not 
interested in sacrificing myself indefinitely purely for the benefit 
of lining someone else's pocket who really doesn't care about me 
except what he can get me to do.  The ancient principle of "What's in 
it for me?" tends to override that these days.

Yours truly,

John Hedtke
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At 04:52 AM 3/11/2008, voxwoman wrote:
>Remembering my own Young Turk days, I'd also like to offer another reason
>why we "more seasoned" professionals tend to avoid jobs and projects that
>require those late nights...
>
>After a few years of promises of overtime or comp time or promotions (none
>or few of which actually pan out), and after being downsized a few times,
>you start reacting to "you can take comp time for the work" the same way as
>you react to "the check is in the mail".
>
>Not only that, but as you get older, the odds are that you've also acquired
>a spouse and children, and if you're working 18 hours a day, you aren't
>going to see any of those people at all. Quality of life issues start
>rearing their ugly heads.
>
>I got out of engineering and into tech writing to AVOID having to pull all
>nighters and work weekends to meet ridiculous schedules. It certainly wasn't
>for the salary or the prestige, or the joy of seeing your manual holding a
>door open (and yes, I've actually SEEN that).
>
>Wendy
>
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