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> Some recruiter can now see that you work a lot - probably also on weekends and so on. WTF how is this a good thing?

• tobiaslins 10y ago
  A developer who loves his job/hobby also codes in his free time (because it is also a hobby) Of course, if being a develoepr is only a "job" - this sucks. For example, I am coding 8h+ a day during my fulltime job. When I am back at home/weekends, I also spend a lot of my time to code private projects instead of playing games
  • ghaff 10y ago
    What complete BS. Someone can certainly enjoy their job--and software development is certainly nothing special--without also wanting to spend their nights and weekends doing the same thing. For that matter, I'd probably take such a narrow set of interests as something of a disqualification.
    • tobiaslins 10y ago
      I realized that passion to your work has a huge impact to your application. If you are software developer (what I excect) and have a job - yeah it is a valid opinion. If you don't want to code in your free time it is up to you. It doesn't mean that you have a narrow set of interests. It just mean I use a part of my free time to code. Others are watching tv, playing games or doing other time wasting stuff.
      • QuantumGravy 10y ago
        The fact that the only non-coding activities outside work you can list fall under "other time wasting stuff" speaks volumes.
      • peruvian 10y ago
        And others are spending time with friends, families, taking care of their sick relatives, their kids, going hiking, reading, volunteering, etc. There's no need to say X is "wasting time" in such an objective tone. For many, spending hours on the weekend doing programming is a waste of time (and it can be, most of the time). For you, it's fun. For others, they just don't have time to do it. No need to judge or expect others to live the same life as you.
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