You start getting a little zonked from looking through thousands of lines of foreign looking COBOL code and notice that it’s 6pm. You’re getting a little hungry and start packing up to go grab some dinner and take a break at the Air BnB you rented until you found a more permanent place to live. As you exit your office you’re stopped by Elon and a bunch of the other young coders looking through the government’s legacy code you haven’t had a chance to interact with yet.
“Hey oh here’s the rest of the team, we were about to order some Little Caesar’s Hot n’ Ready’s, do you want cheese or pepperoni and how many crazy breads would you like?” Elon asked ignoring the grammatical fact that crazy bread is implied plural.
“Oh, I was planning on going home,” you replied.
“Hey, we’re all working late, we’ve got a country to save,” one of the other young coders said.
You had a feeling this group would have a start-up vibe, so you weren’t too surprised but now you have to make a value call. Do you stay late for this job, or go home and make set boundaries?