Upside Software sold

[Darren Dirt]

in the same week, seeing on this forum a post about Upside, bringing up horrible memories even for those of us never employed there...

...and finding a link to a video about the exact opposite thing i.e. INSPIRING WORDS FROM AUTHENTIC TALENTED DEVELOPERS

http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Build-Developer-Video

To kick off Build 2012, we put together a video featuring developers who have helped move the industry forward.  We asked them to share why they love what they do. Hear what they have to say in this video, shown on day one at Build.

via http://twitter.com/mastermaq/status/263351363445063682

[Mr. Analog]

Oddly enough today, was, the first time in my life where I got a bonus that wasn't @%&#.

I got a 66% bonus to my pay

We all did in fact

Every single person I think sent our HR person an e-mail confirming to ensure it wasn't an error with payroll.

I was already in the zone today, grooving on some great electronic beats and then to get that surprise!!

Well, it makes it all worth it.

And you know what else? I don't ever feel like I'm working, and yet I'm making tons of cool stuff and reaping rewards.

Life is good!!!

[Thorin]

At Upside I worked a couple hundred of hours of overtime, was told the profit share would cover it, and then got so little profit share that it was actually below minimum wage for the number of hours I'd worked.  To get bigger profit share the next year, I had to put in even more overtime.  I was at Upside for 22 months.

I've been at Questionmark for 20 months and have now received nearly as much in profit share and have not worked any overtime (and when I did work late for a while, it was noticed and I was asked why I was doing that because I should have a better work/life balance).  And I work from home most days.

Day, meet night.

I do sometimes feel like I'm working, there's still things that I don't like about my job.  However, I'm allowed to try and find ways to do things better to improve my own and others' jobs.

Oh, and that's 66% of one bi-monthly cheque, not 66% of annual compensation   2.75% of annual compensation.

[Mr. Analog]

Like I said to my dad on the phone yesterday my bonus was larger than some annual increases I've had in the past hah