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Originally posted by Carrie
By the time I got to the end of the thread I couldn't remember *who* said it. I agree, Ludedude doesn't take this as a hobby and he's been around far longer than I.
Which makes it seem even more far-fetched that he'd make such a stink about "business hours".
Lude?
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Hi Carrie, yes it was indeed me who made that post.
I realize that a great many webmasters treat this as a 7 day a week, 24 hour a day deal where you've force yourself to be at the beck and call of this infernal machine whenever and wherever. The truth is, I do this so I
don't have to ever be in that situation again. This business gives me the ability to actually have a life outside of these 4 walls and I take advantage of that as often as I can. I don't say this is a 9-5 gig; sometimes it's a 12-8 gig or a 4 to midnight gig or even a 9 to 9 gig. I've put in plenty of hours and those who have been around this industry for the past 3 going on 4 years know me and that I'm a hard worker. I do like to pretend that there is a modicum of normalcy in my life and have attempted to get my work done during the week so that I can enjoy the company of my friends on the weekends.
Look at some of the bigger companies in this business, and since we're talking about AVS lets look at them. AdultCheck and Cyberage are closed (except for skeleton staff) on the weekends. You can't tell me that they don't take this seriously? My coment was meant to illustrate the fact that I find it bizarre, even presumptuous, for someone to
assume that you or I have nothing better to do on a weekend than patch up sites at someones whim.
I don't mean to imply that sexkey is pulling anyones chain, exactly the opposite. It's good that they are looking for a solution to a huge problem. I just refuse to be chained to this machine at times where the rest of my reality is doing anything but working...
With that rant out of my system, it's only right for me to say that I folded and had all (many hundreds) of my sites modified, uploaded and given a quick once over by a member of the SexKey staff on Friday night. I should practice what I preach more often.
My point is that sometimes if you want to be taken seriously and be treated legitimately you need to get the slave-labor mentality out of your head. No one works 24-7. Yes, crisis' do happen and at that point you do need to be there to take action but that can't be true every day of every year. Get out there and live a little. I have and I feel better for it.