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<< I work at Microsoft in the Network Infrastructure Group (IPSec and VPN Solutions to be specific) under the Windows Umbrella. >>
Ameesh, I'm curious as to how many hours do you end up working on a typical week?
I'm a database manager at a not-for-profit company. >>
i wish i had a typical week to give you an example, but all i can say is it depends, if we are in ship mode i.e before a milestone like Beta or RC1 or RTM then everyone here works like mad (60-80 hours), if we are in the middle of stuff then (20-40). Work is flexible and i rarely feel overworked, in fact usually after a milestone ship, our division buys a couple of theaters out and takes us all to the movies, the last one i saw was JP3, or we have parties. When im working hard everyone else is too, when im not most people arent either.  Like for the month of december people are taking 4 weeks off, im only taking 2 because i think 4 is excessive.