My typical day working for a Big 5 firm: 7:00 - drive to client in Redlands 8:00 - arrive in Redlands 8:42 - client arrives for 8:00 meeting 8:51 -

My typical day working for a Big 5 firm: 7:00 - drive to client in Redlands 8:00 - arrive in Redlands 8:42 - client arrives for 8:00 meeting 8:51 - client leaves for emergency 8:52 - review project with programmer - still 18 months behind 9:15 - daily email to 6 bosses about dire status 9:38 - take call from boss #4 - debate "strategic direction" 10:20 - coffee, snack, & bitch session with lead programmer 10:45 - drive to client in Century City 12:20 - arrive in Century City, everyone at lunch already 12:30 - have hot dog at sidewalk cafe, look for Christina Applegate 1:15 - meet with client for daily status 1:22 - client leaves for emergency 1:28 - review project with programmer - still 18 months behind 1:40 - daily email to 5 other bosses about dire status 2:15 - take call from other boss #3 - debate "strategic direction" 2:28 - referee dispute between contract & employee programmers 3:20 - coffee, snack, & bitch session with lead programmer 4:20 - drive home 5:50 - arrive home 8:10 - take calls from 4 other bosses debating strategy 9:20 - end day knowing tomorrow will be exactly the same Total work done: 0 My typical day working for an enterprise: 7:30 - drive to work 7:50 - arrive at work, turn on Windows workstation 7:51 - get coffee, greet co-workers 8:10 - workstation finally up, check overnight logs 8:15 - check email 8:30 - resume programming on current project 9:15 - take calls from 6 customers, changing scope 10:00 - go to daily status meeting 10:12 - everyone else arrives at daily status meeting 10:48 - drop current project, work on daily emergency 12:10 - go to lunch at mall foodcourt 1:00 - check email 1:10 - resume programming on current project, drop daily emergency 1:40 - take 4 calls, give project status 2:00 - go to Special Planning Session for Project #127 2:12 - others arrive at Special Planning Session for Project #127 2:48 - candy bar break, bitch with other programmers about code review 3:10 - resume programming on current project 4:00 - go to daily stand-up meeting for project status 4:08 - others arrive at daily stand-up meeting for project status 4:45 - email project status to 8 bosses 5:10 - drive home 5:45 - day ends Total work done: 2 hours My typical day working for a start-up: 6:00 - code 8:00 - breakfast at desk while coding 10:00 - coffee break outside 10:10 - code 12:00 - lunch at desk while coding 2:00 - break outside 2:15 - work on everything else except coding 4:00 - review & print code 5:00 - exercise 6:00 - dinner with SO 7:00 - visit mother, watch Jeopardy & Family Guy with her 8:00 - code 10:00 - turn off monitor, review code, plan next day Total work done: 8 hours