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NOTE FROM KIM:
A group of programmers are suing their employer,
Electronic Arts, for overtime pay. According to a
blog by one of their spouses, “The current
mandatory hours are 9am to 10pm — seven days a
week — with the occasional Saturday evening off for
good behavior (at 6:30pm).”

The Top 7 Signs You’re Working
Too Hard at Your Programming Job

7> No matter what document you print, you get reams of pages that read, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

6> You resent the fact that working 13 hours a day at the office leaves you only 11 hours a day to play on your home computer.

5> Bad news: For every bug they find in your code, you have to work an hour of mandatory overtime. Worse news: You work for Microsoft.

4> Instead of posting your own blog entries complaining about being overworked, you ask your wife and kids to do it for you.

3> You’re so short on time, you have to write a bot to surf porn *for* you.

2> Doctors reassure you that the strange, fleshy taste you’ve noticed between chugs of Red Bull is just the inside of your mouth.

and the Number 1 Sign You’re Working Too Hard at Your Programming
Job…

1> Flowchart and UML entity-relationship diagram in hand, you’re finally ready to implement the home project you’ve code-named “Making Love to My Spouse.”

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Credits:

Selected from 48 submissions from 16 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 1
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 1
Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 1
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 2, 4
Dave Storrs, New York, NY — 3
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 5, 6
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic