> How is software dev breaking your body? Are you typing with your face?
I wrote about it. I consider my brain just like any other muscle of my body, so after 8 hours of work, my brain is quite tired. Perhaps my wording was wrong.
> If you want to be the best version of yourself within 9-5, please fix the bugs that alert on-call the first morning you hear about them. Most developers never do this, which is why they are put on call.
Agree.
> you are hired by a company to make a product that works, so if your product isn't working, you need to fix it
Agree as well, but my contract states "40 hours per week". I'm being plain straightforward here, I'm not willing to give anything for free to any company (does that happen the other way around? Never). Not sure what's "wrong" with this.
> And I stop at 40hr/week too, but once every 8 weeks, I get a few calls about broken shit, and I put in the time to help prevent those from re-occurring, because most people I work with don't.
I have nothing against that, and I respect it. I guess the other way around should work as well, right? Like, if someone is not willing to give more than what's stated in their contract, that should be fine for everyone. What you call "help" sure it's help, but companies are taking it as free labor. I have nothing against companies making money, but I do not support companies making money without having to pay employees for that. But the main point of my first comment was: even though companies are paying for being on-call, one should have the option to say 'No, thanks. I don't want to give you my free time in exchange for more money. I already have enough with my 40h/week schedule', and that should be fine for everybody.
I wrote about it. I consider my brain just like any other muscle of my body, so after 8 hours of work, my brain is quite tired. Perhaps my wording was wrong.
> If you want to be the best version of yourself within 9-5, please fix the bugs that alert on-call the first morning you hear about them. Most developers never do this, which is why they are put on call.
Agree.
> you are hired by a company to make a product that works, so if your product isn't working, you need to fix it
Agree as well, but my contract states "40 hours per week". I'm being plain straightforward here, I'm not willing to give anything for free to any company (does that happen the other way around? Never). Not sure what's "wrong" with this.
> And I stop at 40hr/week too, but once every 8 weeks, I get a few calls about broken shit, and I put in the time to help prevent those from re-occurring, because most people I work with don't.
I have nothing against that, and I respect it. I guess the other way around should work as well, right? Like, if someone is not willing to give more than what's stated in their contract, that should be fine for everyone. What you call "help" sure it's help, but companies are taking it as free labor. I have nothing against companies making money, but I do not support companies making money without having to pay employees for that. But the main point of my first comment was: even though companies are paying for being on-call, one should have the option to say 'No, thanks. I don't want to give you my free time in exchange for more money. I already have enough with my 40h/week schedule', and that should be fine for everybody.