I totally lucked at and got an awesome job as a programmer for a small business, dealing with facial recognition software. It's only me and the boss now, as he had to let go of the other programmer due to the guy's behavior. That guy seemed to have stopped wanting to be fully cooperative. Though, he had a good reason towards the end. And that reason would happen to be the downside to this job.
We kept running into corrupt people. In the first company we all worked for, the president of the company, the founder, and the founder's wife/payroll lady all had their own agendas, and after three months, us, the programmers, wound up getting no pay for several months. And then we wound up leaving. Expecting pay isn't going to happen as that company went bankrupt, and several companies are filing lawsuits against them.
My boss from the previous company was starting his own company, as he knew we had the knowledge and the tools to create something awesome. Unfortunately, the people who were investing in us (well, more like the company who had contracted us), had stopped sending in checks, and made it everything such a hassle. We had a product that was practically finished, and the guy we would speak to on the phone always said that the product never worked which is why they haven't sold it yet to get us money. Turns out, him, his buddy, and his buddy's wife (who was somehow the owner of the company or at least had some stake in the company) were pulling the wool over us and their paycheck writer's eyes and were taking the money that were meant for us for themselves.
Now we're with the third company, which involves the previous company's paycheck writer. Things seem to be going alright, but he's put in a check late for us. I don't think foul play is involved as I've met him in person the other week. His mind is constantly going in every direction, and if you're not in person to tell him to slow down, you wind up having to tell him things more than once. We've told him that he's gotta deposit the checks before 2PM, and he winds up showing up at the bank like near closing time, or he sends his wife to do it, and she winds up doing some shopping before depositing the money.. after 2PM.
So yeah. I get a sizable amount of money, but it's offset by the incompetence of the higher ups 
.... I think I typed too much.
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Of course if I would work over 40 hours a week, I would only get paid for those 40 hours. Being on salary is sooo much fun.
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