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Unless you're carrying a pager, as an engineer you don't really need to think about work when you're off the clock. Culturally this tends to happen a lot, but i
by robbrit 7y ago
Unless you're carrying a pager, as an engineer you don't really need to think about work when you're off the clock. Culturally this tends to happen a lot, but it's not mandatory.
- 50656E6973 7y agoWhen you've been pouring your mind deep into a difficult technical problem, it can be extremely difficult to just "turn it off" when the clock hits 5.
- WalterSear 7y agoAnd whenever I get shanghaied into working into the evening, I'm unable to sleep till the early morning. Which also makes 'keeping up with evolving tech in your off hours' so frustrating, it's no longer fun.
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- ryanmcbride 7y agoI don't mean that I _have_ to think about it, it's more that any problems that existed at the end of the day will exist the next day. There's no reset because there's no second shift coming in after me. That causes me to think about the problem, at least subconsciously, until I can fix it. When I worked in food service, any problem that came up that wasn't solved when my shift ended, would likely still be fixed by the time I worked next.