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If an employer is paying me for 8 hours a day I work 8 hours a day for them, if I'm mentally tired from a sustained period of programming I recharge by working
by noir_lord 10y ago
If an employer is paying me for 8 hours a day I work 8 hours a day for them, if I'm mentally tired from a sustained period of programming I recharge by working on documentation or stuff I can do without a lot of mental effort.
On the other side of that unless I'm paid to be on call outside of work hours I don't answer my phone for anything less than "the server is on fire".
I've found that separation (and the expectation set early that the separation exists) prevents a lot of these kinds of issues.
- Chris2048 10y ago> I recharge by working on documentation or stuff I can do without a lot of mental effort There's a gang of technical documentation writers outside, and they want to have a word with you..
- noir_lord 10y agoTell them to get inline behind the systems adminstrators ;). Joking aside I'd love to work with good doc writers, I do my best but it's not where my skills lie but I think having the developers at least work on the docs is something that isn't done enough but it's amazing when it is done well.