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HA!
"Mark Broadbent" <no-spam-> wrote in message
news:...
> A couple hundred grand hehe, that'll probably have paid for 1 second of
> Anders&Co s' time.
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> Br,
> Mark Broadbent
> mcdba , mcse+i
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> "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Wow... I cannot even fathom. I once heard that the entire team (given
all
> > of the languages) was well above 500 developers... I don't even know
the
> > management.
> >
> > I'm sure Anders has about 3,000 in there alone...
> >
> > So you probably looking at a couple hundred grand when all was said and
> > done...
> >
> >
> > "anon" <> wrote in message
> > news:%...
> > > Does anyone know how many man-hours were used in creating .NET 1.0?
> > >
> > > I thought it would be an interesting statistic to know.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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60 hour week at MS? Maybe a *lite* week. I would expect more around 70-100
hours a week there. I've have a couple friends that work there (yet still
can't find room for even a coffee boy..) and they work on average 75 hours
a week. My friend Henry was a PM for IE6, he would work 90 most often...


"anon" <> wrote in message
news:uLcsT%...
> 500 developer x 2000 hours per year = 1,000,000 hours per year?
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> 3 to 4 years, maybe 5 years.
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> These developers don't really work a 9 to 5 to 40 hour week. Probably at
> least a 60 hour week
>
> so 500 developers x 3000 hour per year = 1,500,000 hours per year
>
> 1.5 millions hours/year x 3 years = 4.5 million man hours of programmers
> only?
>
> probably at least 500 people who are not programmers, but managers,
> marketing, sales.
>
> 10 million hours?
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> "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Wow... I cannot even fathom. I once heard that the entire team (given
all
> > of the languages) was well above 500 developers... I don't even know
the
> > management.
> >
> > I'm sure Anders has about 3,000 in there alone...
> >
> > So you probably looking at a couple hundred grand when all was said and
> > done...
> >
> >
> > "anon" <> wrote in message
> > news:%...
> > > Does anyone know how many man-hours were used in creating .NET 1.0?
> > >
> > > I thought it would be an interesting statistic to know.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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>

90 hours ????

Just how much do these guys get paid to work 90 hours?

Permanent employees and Contract people?





"CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
news:...
> 60 hour week at MS? Maybe a *lite* week. I would expect more around
70-100
> hours a week there. I've have a couple friends that work there (yet still
> can't find room for even a coffee boy..) and they work on average 75
hours
> a week. My friend Henry was a PM for IE6, he would work 90 most often...
>
>
> "anon" <> wrote in message
> news:uLcsT%...
> > 500 developer x 2000 hours per year = 1,000,000 hours per year?
> >
> > 3 to 4 years, maybe 5 years.
> >
> > These developers don't really work a 9 to 5 to 40 hour week. Probably at
> > least a 60 hour week
> >
> > so 500 developers x 3000 hour per year = 1,500,000 hours per year
> >
> > 1.5 millions hours/year x 3 years = 4.5 million man hours of
programmers
> > only?
> >
> > probably at least 500 people who are not programmers, but managers,
> > marketing, sales.
> >
> > 10 million hours?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> > "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Wow... I cannot even fathom. I once heard that the entire team (given
> all
> > > of the languages) was well above 500 developers... I don't even know
> the
> > > management.
> > >
> > > I'm sure Anders has about 3,000 in there alone...
> > >
> > > So you probably looking at a couple hundred grand when all was said
and
> > > done...
> > >
> > >
> > > "anon" <> wrote in message
> > > news:%...
> > > > Does anyone know how many man-hours were used in creating .NET 1.0?
> > > >
> > > > I thought it would be an interesting statistic to know.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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>

there are a ton of millionaires in seattle let's just say.
i'm moving up there, hopefully, some crumbs can fall my way

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Alvin Bruney
[ASP.NET MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx]
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"anon" <> wrote in message
news:uk4NTi%...
> 90 hours ????
>
> Just how much do these guys get paid to work 90 hours?
>
> Permanent employees and Contract people?
>
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> "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
> news:...
>> 60 hour week at MS? Maybe a *lite* week. I would expect more around
> 70-100
>> hours a week there. I've have a couple friends that work there (yet
>> still
>> can't find room for even a coffee boy..) and they work on average 75
> hours
>> a week. My friend Henry was a PM for IE6, he would work 90 most often...
>>
>>
>> "anon" <> wrote in message
>> news:uLcsT%...
>> > 500 developer x 2000 hours per year = 1,000,000 hours per year?
>> >
>> > 3 to 4 years, maybe 5 years.
>> >
>> > These developers don't really work a 9 to 5 to 40 hour week. Probably
>> > at
>> > least a 60 hour week
>> >
>> > so 500 developers x 3000 hour per year = 1,500,000 hours per year
>> >
>> > 1.5 millions hours/year x 3 years = 4.5 million man hours of
> programmers
>> > only?
>> >
>> > probably at least 500 people who are not programmers, but managers,
>> > marketing, sales.
>> >
>> > 10 million hours?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
>> > news:...
>> > > Wow... I cannot even fathom. I once heard that the entire team
>> > > (given
>> all
>> > > of the languages) was well above 500 developers... I don't even know
>> the
>> > > management.
>> > >
>> > > I'm sure Anders has about 3,000 in there alone...
>> > >
>> > > So you probably looking at a couple hundred grand when all was said
> and
>> > > done...
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "anon" <> wrote in message
>> > > news:%...
>> > > > Does anyone know how many man-hours were used in creating .NET 1.0?
>> > > >
>> > > > I thought it would be an interesting statistic to know.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> >
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