August PLUG Meeting: Mid-Career Development

[Gary Thornock]

--- Robert Merrill <robertmerrill at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oh, and another pet peeve: Apparently there are no "slow
>> paced" software development jobs. They are all "fast paced"
>> and "exciting".
>
> Well, who wants to recruit for slow-paced jobs?  Aren't the
> fast-paced and exciting ones better to recruit on?

A good point, but remember, when everyone's special, no one is.
The same applies to "fast-paced" and "exciting".  I'd rather
know *why* it's exciting, as opposed to just being told that
it is.

Von's point about "fast-paced" meaning "50+ hours a week" is a
good one, too.