Good points, talexb; especially re the log and personal connections.
Two minor nits (which is, I suppose, redundant, but I call it "emphatic" with the emphasis on "minor"):
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As I read the OP, the ref to M$ Project was more by way of example than a global requirement. (Heaven help us if it wasn't.)
And re your "But these days I can't believe that managers think they're going to get 50% more quality code done by getting their developers to work 50% longer hours."
Certainly some -- perhaps even "most" -- managers have learned that lesson, but to paraphrase a famous observation, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the managerial skills of some managers... but one may go broke by overestimating their willingness to buck their bosses."
Certainly, some kind of "interview counterattack" to learn whether the manager is among the enlightened will have great value.
Overall, though, a heartfelt "++"
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