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Is it really wasted time if it's intellectually stimulating, and you can finish what you need to while maintaining your required 8 hours of butt-in-seat office
by rhinoceraptor 7y ago
Is it really wasted time if it's intellectually stimulating, and you can finish what you need to while maintaining your required 8 hours of butt-in-seat office time?
- quanticle 7y agoThe question isn't whether it's intellectually stimulating or not. The question is whether a minute spent on Hacker News is best spent on Hacker News or better spent on something else. Is reading about a new Javascript framework on Hacker News more intellectually stimulating than actually writing some code? Even if you're just trying to get your 8-hours-of-butt-in-seat-time in, it's a pretty questionable assertion, IMO, that HN is the best you can do with that time.
- scarface74 7y agoI would say in general depending on where you are in your career, knowing about a lot of stuff on a shallow level and knowing one or two things deeply is a competitive advantage. Especially as you move more into architect or consulting roles or even CTO.