>I am seen as a failure because I do not spend my time after hours (unpaid) working, while the rest of my team does. Alas, your only failure was that you didn'

>I am seen as a failure because I do not spend my time after hours (unpaid) working, while the rest of my team does. Alas, your only failure was that you didn't manage to get your team to join you. Sadly, I know how hard it can be to prevent clueless people from self-destructing in a blaze of misguided martyrdom. People who devalue their time will forever be at the mercy of those who don't. What is the difference between engineers and doctors? Doctors viciously protect the value of their time across the board, with no exceptions. They ruthlessly enforce this through one of the most effective trades guilds of all time, the one and only American Medical Association. You did the right thing my friend, but unfortunately, you are stranded in a sea of clueless lemmings, who will jump off a cliff at the behest of their masters, for no additional compensation. In my opinion, rational engineers have resorted to entrepreneurship as a last ditch effort to capture some of massive value that they create which would otherwise go straight to the parasitic managers and executives.