Re:Try science (Score 4, Insightful)

I work in an eXtreme Programming environment that forbids overtime. I also work as a consultant. I get paid hourly, and I work 4 days per week. I get paid for every hour that I work and I work 32 hours per week. Almost everybody else in this company works 8 hours per day, but some teams do not follow the XP rule of "sustainability". But those teams usually have the highest turnover, and I notice that they always appear to be "struggling". Anyway, what I wanted to say is that overtime is just poor management. And if you don't get your resume ready and start looking for another job, then you deserve to be where you are. The only thing I personally don't like is that H1B VISA workers do not have the same rights that we do. That means that they can be made to work overtime and they are scared to quit, because if they do they get shipped back home, with their only hope being to find a job at another H1B VISA sponsoring firm, which are less than the number of companies that are non-sponsoring. Also, to do the job that I do (financial programming) you have to have great communication skills. This is what is lacking in most IT professionals, get communications skills!!!! Also, a quick analogy for the quality of outsourcing. Recently I was at a bar and my waiter was a recent immigrant. I ordered a "Base Ale", and he came back with "Becks". I then said, no, I ordered a Bass Ale, but I'll take the Becks anyway. That is what happens with IT outsourcing, you ask for A, wait 24 hours, you get B, and because you have been waiting so long for your product you say, "screw it", I'll take it anyway.