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I don't understand the constant assumption that if you choose to study in your spare time, you have no life. Maybe I run into the wrong people, but I've not ru

I don't understand the constant assumption that if you choose to study in your spare time, you have no life. Maybe I run into the wrong people, but I've not run into this assumption much (outside of college where kids don't know much about life anyways).If someone chooses to study, be engaged in their domain outside of work, have 'intellectual' hobbies, that's usually a plus in my book. I'm curious where people have run into this?

tomjen3 16y ago
It properly has to do with the assumption that you can't finish you allotted work in the time everybody else has, like the kid who struggled to finish the test with just a few minutes left.
kaiwren 16y ago
Perhaps it's more prevalent in programming? Me: 'So, do you have any personal projects that you'd like to talk about?' Candidate: 'Not really, no.' Me: 'None?' Candidate: 'No, I prefer to have a life.' I hear some variation of this nine interviews out of ten.