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All about the daily work issues of a Java/J2EE Computer Programmer

I’ve worked in IT long enough to know that employees don’t always work for what they get paid for. Most computer programmers are paid on salary when they are permanent. This means that if a company wants you work over 40 hours they usually don’t have to pay you extra. This includes any times that they ask you to work on the weekend or if they need you to come in late at night for a pending release.

I truly believe that one of the benefits of being a consultant is that you get paid for what you work. Normally as a consultant I have always been told you can’t work for more than 40 hours. If in the case they needed me to work more than 40 I would assume I would be compensated.

I’ve been stressed out a little lately with work so I decide to take a road trip to Orlando.   After all what state besides Florida is it actually nice enough to take a trip in the middle of November? Today was a nice beautiful November Day in the high 60′s.

Saving you old projects can be one of the most valuable tips a computer programmer can do. What are the benefits of saving your old projects? Every time I leave a job I always save a copy of the source code when I’m able to. I do this so if I ever encounter a similar task I have a reference of code which I can look at and adapt when possible to a new project. It always helps to have resources to look at. The more references a coder has the more ideas he gets and the quicker the programmer gets the job done.