Back in the early part of this decade, 2001 to be precise, when I'm starting my career in software development. Software Developer's are given the same treatment as with the likes of other employee that work's in a manufacturing job. As I look back during that time, I'm pretty sure that what carried me to survive that period was the adrenaline rush of having my first job. The pay was almost the same as any blue collar worker (Very close to be a minimum wage earner) ok, P5,200 ($113.04)/month to be exact after all the deductions. To give you an idea how close to a factory sweat shop the working environment we have, here are some rules in our working environment:

• You may never roam around the work area during office hours, except when consulting anything work relate with another employee.
• You are only allowed 5 minutes in the comfort room.
• You may only bring 5 items in the office. Which for me is my Wallet, ID Holder, Ball pen, Handkerchief and Cellphone.
• You may never be seen near the bundy clock 10 minutes before the official out time.

Well i think you get the picture right?

I'm just glad those days are behind me. Most of the software development companies now are realizing that software developers are more like the employee's in a creatives department. A 5-hour of stress free mind has better productivity than 9 hours of intense thinking.

With this in mind, the BlastSuites teams has been reminded by the product owner that he understand that 8-9 hours of pure software development is simply not realistic and have told us that 6-7 hours is actually acceptable to him.

Can you imagine what the BlastSuites team do with that free 2-3 hours? Let me give you some pictures as clue: