10. Your eyes, wrists, neck, shoulders and back are always sore - from sitting all day long 9. Others find your job as boring to describe as you find it exciting to actually do 8. You have recurring nightmares about electromagnetic pulse weaponry (as opposed to fire) wiping out your published work 7. You've Skyped your boss to discuss important work matters at midnight while cutting your toenails in bed in your pajamas 6. Time is your best friend when you stumble out of bed in the morning - and your worst enemy when you're scrambling to finish work at night 5. Work conversations frequently degenerate into discussions of snazzy tech neologisms such as "GeekSnarkery 3.0" and "slashboingzingofarkwireliciousreddiggrojoscap ing" (sung to the tune of "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"!) 4. Your job description has changed so many times over the past year that sometimes you're not really sure what you do anyway 3. You've got about 37 varieties of OCD, including GCME (gotta-check-my-email), GCMF (gotta-check-my-feeds), GCMS (gotta-check-my-stats) and GVMWTSIAC (gotta-visit-my-website-to-see-if-anything's-changed) 2. Despite accomplishing superhuman feats throughout the day, you never *quite* feel "done" with your work And the NUMBER ONE sign that you work for a Web publishing company: 1. In spite of all the stress, you just plain love your job
I gotta agree with #10. It should be #1 10. Your eyes, wrists, neck, shoulders and back are always sore - from sitting all day long.