> I've never had a job where we weren't constantly under tight (really, completely unreasonable) deadlines My guess would be the reason small/new shops have de

> I've never had a job where we weren't constantly under tight (really, completely unreasonable) deadlines My guess would be the reason small/new shops have deadlines like that is because they're more likely to have less experienced managers. If it bothers you that much perhaps you should work at a larger company where the managers understand nine women can't make a baby in one month.