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I have found that the easiest way to keep my day job and startup separate is to have a separate laptop for both so that I'm not tempted to work on startup tasks
by markkoberlein 17y ago
I have found that the easiest way to keep my day job and startup separate is to have a separate laptop for both so that I'm not tempted to work on startup tasks on the company's computer while on the clock or off. Not too difficult to do during the day but it can be during the off hours when the company's laptop is better than your own.
I think the harder issue is trying to avoid answering emails that are startup related while on the clock. Even if it's webmail they still own the internet at work.
- megamark16 17y agoYep, I do the same thing. I just got a netbook to work on my startup, it's easy to tote around should I find myself in a lunch cafe or coffee shop setting and want to crank out some startup code, and it's cheap, which goes along with my whole bootstrapping my startup thing :-)
- wallflower 17y agoThe grey area is using 3G and a smartphone for side project email.
- christonog 17y agoI don't think there's a grey area at all. You're still on the company's time whether you write support emails or are on the phone doing a deal. I wonder if there's any grey area with regard to working during a lunch break.
- yters 17y agoCould you just track the time deducted from the company's time, and put in the extra half hour or so?
- whatusername 17y agoLets say you have a company supplied smart phone. Can you use it for emails after work hours?
- hopeless 17y agoI have a policy of not bringing the work laptop home... it never sets foot in my house so there's no temptation to use it for my side-business. Ironically, this causes problems with my employer because they'd prefer I had access to company email etc at any time (it's not a requirement of the job they'd just prefer it). But if I can't use their time, network and electricity, then they can't use mine ;-)