[TriLUG] Not Linux: Anyone else feeling the pain?

James Tuttle jjtuttle at trilug.org
Tue Nov 25 11:06:22 EST 2008


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> Wow.  Is that for larger public universities?  Almost every medium to 
> small higher-ed institution with which I've been involved totes more the 
> 60+ hour workweek.  Granted, it's 40 hours + gotta-get-this-project-done 
> + this-is-really-interesting, but most technologists I know in academia 
> spend considerably more time that 40-45 hours/week.

I should have qualified that.  I know people in larger universities.
Maybe Kevin Otte and Dave Sorenson have opinions to share on this topic.
  I'm not sure if sticking around because you find something interesting
counts.  I work some weekends and evenings but wouldn't consider it a
necessary part of the job; I'm just satisfying my own curiosity, usually.

> On the other hand, it might also be the split between the administrative 
> and academic sides of campuses.  I will note that the administrative 
> side seems to be ... better able to shelve the job at 5p and on the weekend.

Perhaps so.

> Kevin


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