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I am not sure where the sarcasm comes from. This actually supports the company, because exhausted, overworked and sleepy coders aren't much of a use for anyone.
by aeonflux 6y ago
I am not sure where the sarcasm comes from. This actually supports the company, because exhausted, overworked and sleepy coders aren't much of a use for anyone.
On the other hand employees have harder times to push their own ventures. I once worked with a guy doing some personal pet project on the side. Nothing came from it in the end, but it was consuming him to the point, when he was doing some work on this during work hours.
- b3kart 6y agoI am not sure how one can avoid being sarcastic here. You honestly believe top execs at these companies have sat down and decided to ban OSS contributions because that makes for exhausted, overworked employees? Not saner, more flexible working hours, not more vacation time, not on-site nap rooms and such, they've decided? All of the things that, you know, might actually help. Nah, coders are just tired because they work on OSS in their free time. Come on now. They're simply protecting their IP as much as they possibly can. If they could ban you from using a computer at all in your free time, without getting sued into oblivion for violating human rights and such, they would.
- aeonflux 6y agoApple doesn't provide any of those in your opinion? I can imagine having everything you pointed and then ban on side projects (paid or not). And yes, working on OSS might actually be even more exhausting than a day job.
- saagarjha 6y agoI think I can do a fairly good job at deciding what I do outside of work, thank you very much.