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Re: FWD: Lack of self-awareness in a writer...what to do
Subject:Re: FWD: Lack of self-awareness in a writer...what to do From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:28:31 -0700 (PDT)
>Everywhere I have worked, I have found that those who work more than 40
>hours a week are doing something less efficiently than they should.
Chris...that's a very small, limited, short-sighted, condesending opinion for a condition that can have any number of legitimate answers. It also sounds like it's coming from someone who believes that anyone who doesn't conduct their life the exact same way is obviously experiencing a reduced quality of life.
For the most part, except for maybe the last week or two before a deadline 2-3 times a year, I get done what I have to get done in 40 hours or less. However, I want to do more than that. I want to be better than that. I don't have a problem putting in another 10 hours or more per week addressing new programs, learning new stuff, reworking existing stuff. It makes ME happy.
I also don't form an opinion on those who hit the shutdown button at 5:03pm either unless they first verbalize the opinion that working more than 40 hours is a symptom of poor work habits.
To the uninformed, I appear to be here at 8:45am and leave at 7pm or 8pm working like a dog. I also live 9 minutes from the office, so when I leave at 7:30pm, I'm getting home about the same time as those who leave at 5:30 and have to commute two hours, not an unknown condition around here.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
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