The new prisoner's dilemma

A complete stranger who I have never met in my life sent me this little piece today, entitled:

The new prisoner's dilemma

Assuming you're paid X per day on your current project, what multiplier of X would you have to be paid to voluntarily go to prison?

So instead of a 3 month project you do 3 months in stir, for example.

Assume in prison you are unable to see your loved ones, your freedom to do what you want when you want is curtailed, choice of food etc is reduced.

Unlike real prison let's say you're protected from forcible sodomy.

Before deciding on the exact value of X that would suit you, consider the following facts:

There's no internet access of any kind. This means you'll almost never have to worry about cross browser incompatibilities or CSS positioning.

There are no meetings in prison. None. Parole hearings, maybe, but even those are avoidable if you spend enough time in solitary.

What value of X would it take for you to accept?

Naturally the multiplier does not have to be greater than 1.

'dwtfan' on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:43:45 GMT, sez:

>Unlike real prison let's say you're
>protected from forcible sodomy

So, right there, you're saying it automatically wins over the current project.

'gorgon' on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:55:58 GMT, sez:

@lb
Sorry but you confusing your X with your multiplier.

And foes this imply you get the sod. with "protection"? Or just avoid the s. altogether, protection or not?

>Unlike real prison let's say you're
>protected from forcible sodomy

@dwtfan
I think your current project is worth escaping from. You could rob a bank or something maybe?

'Julian' on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:03:58 GMT, sez:

Looks like I will start.

(My current job is a start-up, and isn't paying anything yet, so I will mentally got back to my previous job.)

I think my multiplier is approximately 30.

'Brian R' on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:16:38 GMT, sez:

Can you go back now and then? Because then I'd definitely take 4x, spend the winter in jail and 9 months on vacation. Easy.

'Micah' on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:29:02 GMT, sez:

It is somewhere between 5 and 20. 5 I would have to think about. 20 and I would be on the bus before you could blink.

"Your dad is in prison?"
"Yeah, he picked the wrong profession."
"Drug dealer?"
"Worse, programmer."

'Andy Brice' on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:32:47 GMT, sez:

>let's say you're protected from forcible sodomy.

So already it is better than the terms of Apple's Appstore?

'starving programmer' on Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:27:26 GMT, sez:

Let me think...

x = 27k per annum
2x = 54k per annum

At 2x I would break *into* prison. Being a 21 year old lead developer making 27k sucks.

'Gruf' on Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:34:03 GMT, sez:

Would I be able to leverage my SOA knowledge and building world class LOLcatz license plates while in the pen?

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