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        <title>Re: Making money out of art</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[shameless plug for the company I work for ... Sapient www.sapient.com]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:30:16 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jun 6, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Dean McRobie</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Personal life for IT professionals</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>If you want to be successful as a IT professional / consultant, IMHO you shouldn't marry and/or have kids. There is hardly enough time for work, overwork, personal projects and keeping up to date with stuff.<br><br>And No, I am not joking...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:52:38 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jun 1, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Erik Engbrecht</jf:author>
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        <title>Personal life for IT professionals</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[If you want to be successful as a IT professional / consultant, IMHO you shouldn't marry and/or have kids. There is hardly enough time for work, overwork, personal projects and keeping up to date with stuff.

And No, I am not joking !]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:13:40 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jun 1, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Diego Amicabile</jf:author>
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        <title>Threads of thought lasting Over Time not just OverTime</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[It is not how long ... but how good which when an artist is swimming in their creation has no time boundaries....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 09:35:43 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 09:35:43 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>May 30, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Neil Scott</jf:author>
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        <title>personal life</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[It is funny nobody mentioned kids and wifes/husbands ... Do you have some kids??? How can IT guys reproduce their great genes???...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 09:36:03 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 29, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>damian frach</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>2</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Everything depends on the human behind the developer</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I think working 40 hours is nice if you can do the thing you hired for. If you are doing things aside, like checking personal email and other private stuff, then it's not nice to say that you work 40 hours a week. Okay, you get paid for 40 hours, but...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 04:55:21 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 29, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Marcel Huijkman</jf:author>
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        <title>Skeptical of Study Methodology</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[There's a measurement problem here.  In factories, overtime only has a slight correlation with pressure to produce.  An employee might work overtime to cover for a vacationing co-worker or just because he requested it.  So, a study correlating accidents...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 21:14:32 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Steve Shabino</jf:author>
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        <title>My 2 cents</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Here is what I have seen in random order:...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 17:40:04 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Lee Meador</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Impact of Overtime on Productivity</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[+1 for me as well. ...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 09:12:35 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Basil Vandegriend</jf:author>
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        <title>re: &quot;Finals&quot; versus sustained</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>Good developers have a "go switch", a second gear, that they can go to. Afterburners.</blockquote>Using afternburners (aka reheat to our European listeners) on a jet consumes fuel at a ridiculous rate....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 06:22:40 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Dave Rooney</jf:author>
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        <title>Think Longer Term</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>I agree with this to a certain extent.  But I think there are many factors that affect what this limit is.  For some individuals it might be as low as 5 or 6 hours a day on average, and for some 9 or 10.</blockquote>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 06:14:15 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Dave Rooney</jf:author>
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        <title>ugly China or dirty India?</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Bruce,...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 03:00:31 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 21:40:14 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>yujun liang</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Impact of Overtime on Productivity</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Whatever studies show and practitioners know in heart, in reality many bosses and managers still require you to work overtime. Many even state that in a job requirement or as an interview question!...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 02:59:00 -0400</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 09:52:04 -0400</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Bruce Wong</jf:author>
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        <title>New developers could be productive the first day</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<blockquote>an good programmer is not productive in a new job until 6 month, at least</blockquote>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 00:11:52 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 26, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>S??bastien Tardif</jf:author>
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        <title>&quot;Finals&quot; versus sustained</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=40648</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Good developers have a "go switch", a second gear, that they can go to. Afterburners. Finals crunch time. Whatever you want to call it....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 17:10:35 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>May 25, 2006</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Constance Eustace</jf:author>
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