Re: RC: RE: Re: how hard is this?

[Linda Cowles <kadence@ix.netcom.com>]

So... does this mean Mr Sofen is going to unplug his DSL and take a wetsuit to
the beach today?

Mike Sofen wrote:

> Tom,
> I've worked for many years in the software industry and burnout is real.
>
> ......
> The irony here is that the most gifted and brilliant developers - rather
> than the mediocre ones - are the most prone to burnout precisely because of
> their drive and desire to create AND complete, on time.  Good management
> will protect their developers from going "catabolic".
>
> You might instead explain to your daughter that no job is worth dying over.
>
> Mike Sofen (ex of Microsoft, Expedia, Elekom, Boeing, etc)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tivers@aol.com [mailto:Tivers@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:23 PM
>
> Ah, a gentleman for the "burnout" school of apologists for mediocrity. My
> daughter is doing super in a computer sofware company, but the worload is
> Rough, plus she's constantly having to learn new languages (computer--she's
> already fluent in Japanese and Spanish). She says her lazy bosses keep
> warning her about burnout. I keep explaining to her that burnout is another
> word for chickenshit.
>
> ti
>
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