There is work life balance. In SF, in particular, some companies treat their tech work force like newborn puppies. Other areas of the country as well treat thei

There is work life balance. In SF, in particular, some companies treat their tech work force like newborn puppies. Other areas of the country as well treat their engineers like they are unicorns. If there is a move towards outsourcing it's that the effort of US programmers is lower than abroad and the costs are much higher (I'm not talking about quality, obv) If you're being mistreated at work, I recommend looking for another employment. Last I checked there was a surplus of 80K programming jobs in the US per year.