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So then I have confirmed it. I read about browsing the internet and generally no one working 8 hours a day it they work in software. Some days I literally don’t
by _RPM 8y ago
So then I have confirmed it. I read about browsing the internet and generally no one working 8 hours a day it they work in software. Some days I literally don’t have work to do, so I browse the internet. Sometimes it’s nice to work on tasks around the home if I am working from home that day.
Management must know this. I consider it an unwritten/not talked about fact of working as a software developer.
- onetimemanytime 8y ago>>Some days I literally don’t have work to do, so I browse he internet. Go home, that's the nature of the job. You earn your money on a few big projects for the entire year, but you are needed for the next round. Alternate and keep track so the team gets a break and are somewhat indebted to the company. Maybe a few stay on call just in case...depending on the job.
- scarejunba 8y agoWhy would you bother staying at work if you have nothing to do. Take your laptop home and VPN for OC issues if that’s why. But I can’t unders how you can have nothing to do. If you feel like doing nothing, that I understand. Some days just don’t work. But having nothing to do is quite surprising.
- _RPM 8y agoI like to work from home when there isn’t much work to do, so then I can have my laptop. It’s common for us to have a code freeze, where we do not have any items in our backlog.
- vidanay 8y agoThat's just piss poor management on several layers.
- scarejunba 8y agoPerhaps have release branches and hotfix there, merging into master? May be a more enjoyable development cycle.
- _RPM 8y agoUnfortunately we only branch on release. We don’t have separate branches. Consider it as everyone working on master, and no merges m, just code reviews.
- hinkley 8y agoI once heard this described as “in-office on-call”. If your work is done but your collaborators or subordinates aren’t then you never know when they’ll need your help. People get pretty bristly when they need you and can’t find you. Better for you to be there, or be officially sanctioned to be gone.