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I respectfully disagree. First there are several jobs which require an ongoing education requirement (outside of work) in order to maintain the correct licensi

I respectfully disagree. First there are several jobs which require an ongoing education requirement (outside of work) in order to maintain the correct licensing for their fields. My mom's a nurse, my wife's a lawyer, both have ongoing education requirements. To take your bookkeeper examples, CPA's at least have Professional Education Requirements. I consider programming outside the office part of a programmer's ongoing education. We may not need to be licensed but we do need to continue to keep up with technologies both in and outside our direct field of work. I'd be hesitant to hire anyone who doesn't keep up with what is going on in the environment around them. In my particular case the vast majority of technologies that I use now in my work I started working on outside of my direct work projects. Thats the nature of our industry. And there's nothing illegal, in the US at least, about asking about activities outside of work and using that as a basis of hiring.

nkassis 16y ago
To continue on the CPA example. My dad is a CA in Canada (the equivalent) he rarely has free time. And when he does, he usually goes meet with clients at restaurants and such. He also takes courses every 6 months. You might call him a workaholic, but his job requires a lot of customer relation and preparation.
- jacquesm 16y ago
  Is he a partner or just an employee ?
jacquesm 16y ago
I know the requirements for nursing are related to practicing safety, and work out to about 1 hour per month in most US states, I'm not sure if that time is provided by the employer or has to be taken out of 'free' time, having a license for the job is a pre-requisite, so it would be logical to take it out of 'free' time. Just as a cab driver would be expected to have a valid driving license. That's nothing to do with 'passion' outside of the job though, where a nurse would only be hired (or fired if she/he didn't) practice nursing in their free time, it's everything to do with the company being liable if they employed people that were not in the possession of a valid license to perform their jobs.

nkassis 16y ago

To continue on the CPA example. My dad is a CA in Canada (the equivalent) he rarely has free time. And when he does, he usually goes meet with clients at restaurants and such. He also takes courses every 6 months. You might call him a workaholic, but his job requires a lot of customer relation and preparation.

jacquesm 16y ago
Is he a partner or just an employee ?

jacquesm 16y ago

I know the requirements for nursing are related to practicing safety, and work out to about 1 hour per month in most US states, I'm not sure if that time is provided by the employer or has to be taken out of 'free' time, having a license for the job is a pre-requisite, so it would be logical to take it out of 'free' time. Just as a cab driver would be expected to have a valid driving license. That's nothing to do with 'passion' outside of the job though, where a nurse would only be hired (or fired if she/he didn't) practice nursing in their free time, it's everything to do with the company being liable if they employed people that were not in the possession of a valid license to perform their jobs.