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You can game the work task too right? Someone posts the question on glassdoor before you realize... Here's the thing though. I don't want to work with an engin
by winrid 7y ago
You can game the work task too right? Someone posts the question on glassdoor before you realize...
Here's the thing though. I don't want to work with an engineer who hasn't read anything technical in the last year. Don't care how good of a problem solver they are, if they don't teach themselves things they probably aren't very passionate about the profession.
- cousin_it 7y agoI think as a society, we shouldn't require people to be passionate about their jobs to put food on the table. Jobs should be just jobs. The days when the internet was a beacon of light are long gone, today expecting "passion" about CRUD apps or ad-tech is just fake corporate mentality.
- winrid 7y agoYeah but not every job is like that.
- nicoburns 7y agoFor a tech job, learning isn't really about passion (necessarily). It's part of the job requirements, because you'll almost certainly need to use technologies you aren't familiar with. This doesn't require you to have a shelf full of tech books of course.
- ProZsolt 7y ago> I don't want to work with an engineer who hasn't read anything technical in the last year. Last year I took a year-long sabbatical and went to New Zealand. I spent half of that time offline. During that, I read 4 technical books. I really enjoyed that. Before and after that I don't really have the time to read through a book in a meaningful way. After work my brain is to tired to focus more than a few pages. I still read relevant blog posts that are usually more dense and short so I don't loose focus while reading.
- winrid 7y agoYeah you definitely need to moderate how much energy you give your job if you want to have a life and also make investments in yourself.