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Coding at work might not make you a worse programmer, but I found that coding outside work does allow me to be of more value at work. I'm at home fiddling with

Coding at work might not make you a worse programmer, but I found that coding outside work does allow me to be of more value at work. I'm at home fiddling with yarn and webpack - for my own private projects - and I might take that and introduce it at work someday, just as I introduced Typescript, LESS, Knockout.js and made the "back-end of our frontend" better. In hindsight, this probably was not done if I didn't fiddle with tech at home. Most, if not all, of the collegues in my small team are strictly code-at-work developers, and I sincerely believe that is a risk because you can get stuck in time. We also don't have a 'tech-friday' or some other opportunity to work or experiment with tech, so it really needs to come from free time. I'm sure others might have a similar experience.

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detaro 9y ago
This has a taste of my employer doesn't care enough, so I do work for free to compensate, although course is not just good for them in this case, but also compensates for their lack of helping you learn more.
pavel_lishin 9y ago
> We also don't have a 'tech-friday' or some other opportunity to work or experiment with tech, so it really needs to come from free time. It really needs to come from your employer. If they're not invested in making sure their craftsmen have time to sharpen their tools, they're going to get some shitty crafts made.
- scarface74 9y ago
  It's really not about what should happen in a perfect world. I'll stay after work or put some extra hours in to create a proof of concept using a new to me technology. The company may benefit from my extra hours but so do I. Either my current employer is going to pay me more or my next employer is going to pay me more based on what I learned. If a company is doing fine with the current technology, it doesn't benefit them to invest in the new and shiney as much as it benefits you as a developer. It also doesn't hurt their business not to invest in the latest technology as much as it hurts your career.

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detaro 9y ago

This has a taste of my employer doesn't care enough, so I do work for free to compensate, although course is not just good for them in this case, but also compensates for their lack of helping you learn more.

pavel_lishin 9y ago

> We also don't have a 'tech-friday' or some other opportunity to work or experiment with tech, so it really needs to come from free time. It really needs to come from your employer. If they're not invested in making sure their craftsmen have time to sharpen their tools, they're going to get some shitty crafts made.

scarface74 9y ago
It's really not about what should happen in a perfect world. I'll stay after work or put some extra hours in to create a proof of concept using a new to me technology. The company may benefit from my extra hours but so do I. Either my current employer is going to pay me more or my next employer is going to pay me more based on what I learned. If a company is doing fine with the current technology, it doesn't benefit them to invest in the new and shiney as much as it benefits you as a developer. It also doesn't hurt their business not to invest in the latest technology as much as it hurts your career.