> When work was done at work, and there was no chance of continuing your labors at home, your job didn’t seem nearly as all-consuming or onerous . Working as a

> When work was done at work, and there was no chance of continuing your labors at home, your job didn’t seem nearly as all-consuming or onerous . Working as a software engineer in the early 00s, when you had no chance of continuing labor at home, you'd stay at the office way later and potentially miss the last train home. I'm sure there were better and less demanding companies, but the picture depicted in the article is IMO way too rosy. In several companies I've had months where my extra hours' pay litteraly doubled my base salary as we stuck in the office to meet crazy tight deadlines.