> It's often outside the scope of what I'm being asked to do, yet vital to a successful project While I understand the sentiment (BTDT and thoroughly enjoyed i

> It's often outside the scope of what I'm being asked to do, yet vital to a successful project While I understand the sentiment (BTDT and thoroughly enjoyed it!) it is very important to see this as a management failure. If something is vital (or even mildly important) to the success of a project, it must be accounted for in the timeline and properly resourced. Anything else leads to deathmarch projects where the extra free work after hours becomes more and more expected and required, no longer a fun diversion.