Subj : Re: Unlimited PTO
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu May 23 2024 10:03 am

  Re: Re: Unlimited PTO
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Arelor on Thu May 23 2024 06:44 am

 PF> I hope people are getting wise to the startup grind. If you're all working
 PF> for equity in the company, working enough hours that it limits your social
 PF> and personal life isn't worth it.

My first software developer job was at a small startup, and I was the first person the owner hired.  I actually thought it was a generally fun job.  After I was there about 4 years though, he decided to close his company and go out of business because he wasn't getting enough business and wasn't bringing in enough income.

And I actually didn't work many long hours, though the owner seemed to work pretty much all the time..  When I started, he asked if I wanted to be salaried or hourly, and I said hourly (at the time, it was mainly due to being used to hourly at my previous job, which was a fast food job).  The hourly pay allowed me to be subject to overtime, and he said he wanted to avoid that, so I was able to go home once I hit 40 hours.  Some days I worked late, which meant on Friday I'd go home early.

Nightfox

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