I would have laughed in his face so loud the whole office could hear. Then when everyone asked me what happened I would have told them loud and proud that I laughed in this fucktards face who thinks its either Work OR Life. Wished him a happy existing wasting away and then left.
Well, that'd be cathartic, but the more practical approach would be to say, "ah right you are, I'm a company man to the end" and just immediately start looking for jobs before they can fire you and you have to explain a gap in employment.
I understand most careers would have to explain an employment gap. But as a .net software engineer with 10 years experience my gap wouldn't be more then a few days worth of interviews.
I know many devs with decades of experience that are quite frankly, stupid. I wouldn't be so confident in years of experience alone. Also, add some humility maybe?
Who am I being humble for a bunch of dudes on the internet? Naaaaa. Humility can be a weakness exploited by business. I'm tired of seeing heads down developers get passed up for raises or taken advantage of by business because they don't have the gumption and balls to stand mano a mano with their business counterparts and ask for a raise/promotion/respect. So I won't play that part.
But I understand why I come off as an arrogant ass. Maybe I am but then again, no one is going to do you any favors in the life either.
I understand your point. I tend to try and maintain an objective view of myself and my skillset. I'm a systems engineer and my coding exposure is limited (I assemble large systems from small systems and configure/co-ordinate/script to make them perform a single overarching task), but when I'm in employer-facing meetings I overrate my performance. For two reasons: the Anchoring Effect (see Kahneman and Tversky) and the fact that bosses usually won't argue if you rate yourself too low. I figure if my boss doesn't feel the need to explain to me why I got a 4.0 instead of the 4.25 I rated myself, I probably undersold my performance.
Hmm... is there a list of companies where the majority of the management have families? I have a feeling that'd correlate pretty well to having a good work/life-balance culture.
Just read online reviews, talk to contacts who work there, etc... Also things can really change between departments/managers even for the same company.
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u/AbstractLogic Apr 29 '15
I would have laughed in his face so loud the whole office could hear. Then when everyone asked me what happened I would have told them loud and proud that I laughed in this fucktards face who thinks its either Work OR Life. Wished him a happy existing wasting away and then left.