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>But I didn't really feel a lot more enlightened after reading what they do. I did. After all the advice that they don't really need to be expert coders and o

>But I didn't really feel a lot more enlightened after reading what they do. I did. After all the advice that they don't really need to be expert coders and only need to be able to have conversations about coding, and not actually do much coding at all (let alone serious coding) it's obvious to me that they're paid spokesmen who just happen to have a technical bent. They're supposed to connect the company to coders who don't current work for the company, either for PR or for recruiting. The answer to the first question really set my teeth on edge. Complaining that most of their job is staying in hotels and waiting in airports? Don't take a travel job then.

goldfeld 8y ago
Or just read some books at airports and hotels and become a smarter person to talk to. Sleep enough so traveling doesn't take a toll on health. People complain a lot when it comes to jobs, cushy ones even. And stay on their smartphones for longer than they should.
- kcmastrpc 8y ago
  The airport/hotel stuff is part of the job. I purposely take a day out of my travels though to sight-see, even if the organizers and/or my employer would rather I be at the event every single day networking. This is me caring for my mental health and recharging. I'm an ambivert and I can't go full throttle all the time. On the note about getting sleep. I make sure I have 8 hours set aside for sleep, and 2 hours set aside for exercise every day. Nothing takes priority over that. Interestingly though, I've read some sleep studies where the scientists have discovered that our brains tend to stay in a more wakeful state when we're in unfamiliar surroundings. Even though I may sleep for 8 hours, I feel like I slept maybe 5 or 6. IRT coding knowledge, it's definitely slipped, but I'm building on other skills now - it used to take me a week to craft a blog post, I can now do it in a day or two. Presentations would take me weeks to create, I can build a decent one in about a week.

goldfeld 8y ago

Or just read some books at airports and hotels and become a smarter person to talk to. Sleep enough so traveling doesn't take a toll on health. People complain a lot when it comes to jobs, cushy ones even. And stay on their smartphones for longer than they should.

kcmastrpc 8y ago
The airport/hotel stuff is part of the job. I purposely take a day out of my travels though to sight-see, even if the organizers and/or my employer would rather I be at the event every single day networking. This is me caring for my mental health and recharging. I'm an ambivert and I can't go full throttle all the time. On the note about getting sleep. I make sure I have 8 hours set aside for sleep, and 2 hours set aside for exercise every day. Nothing takes priority over that. Interestingly though, I've read some sleep studies where the scientists have discovered that our brains tend to stay in a more wakeful state when we're in unfamiliar surroundings. Even though I may sleep for 8 hours, I feel like I slept maybe 5 or 6. IRT coding knowledge, it's definitely slipped, but I'm building on other skills now - it used to take me a week to craft a blog post, I can now do it in a day or two. Presentations would take me weeks to create, I can build a decent one in about a week.