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I have seen and still seeing enough people prefering to use there work time to spend a lot (and i don't mean having a quick read once or twice or thrice a day)

I have seen and still seeing enough people prefering to use there work time to spend a lot (and i don't mean having a quick read once or twice or thrice a day) of time at work doing everything than working. Feel free to do something totally unrelated while you are waiting for a build to finish but if you never ever reach a certain level, you will be stuck and you will live in your own missery. And by missery i mean: Things you have done shitty and quick will fall on your feet daily; No one is asking you for guidance or real help. You might never be in the position of doing something additional than 'just working one ticket of after the other' and what i mean by this: forming your environment, forming the product and making that thing to yours. Something you formed, you guided, you made. You will be frustrated about your job, you will complain, your colleges, well aware what your problems are, will just not tell you what you need to here because you are probably not showing them that you do care. You will earn the same amount of money, your job will not change switching companies much and thats it. While the others are getting rid of the standard pitfalls, making their lives easier, learning new things, getting faster, better, more valuable. Earning more money for the same time spend at work, getting cooler projects, being aksed to join teams because of reputation, having more slack than you with a much better salary due to trust and past achievements. And if you realize this too late, you lost the most valuable time: early in your career. The time where you advanced the most and the fastest, were you learn easier, where everything new is interesting and cool. If you read this and you spend a lot of time on imageboard or whatever and you hate your job or you are depressed because of it, its not the fault of others. I have never ever had the issue of doing my things to early and then not knowing what to do else. There is always an old bug to fix, something to automate, something new to try out, to read to watch etc. And there is a secret: I actually like my job because of all the possibilities.

reducesuffering 6y ago
What advice do you have for people to kick this bad habit? I struggle with keeping focus on work because it’s generally not that interesting. Switching teams within the company is a non-option because there’s a high risk other teams are toxic and WLB would be terrible. Switching other companies is a problem due to the leetcode-ification of interviews I know I couldn’t pass currently.
- Fumtumi 6y ago
  I would try to start small and beeing persistent about it. It is a transformation over month not days. Start doing your tasks better. Enhance testing, make a better documentation, test better, write better code, make the solution more stable. When you start doing this, you are already on a good path to become better in what you are doing and your responsibilities grow. More responsibility could mean more interesting tasks to do. Could also mean a better standing, a higher salary or the courage to look for a new job. You can do some with your time at work. You could start automating things to reduce your workload, this and getting rid of surfing around gives you then the time to improve. Either by working better and growing in what you are doing already or using that time to look left and right. Try sometimg out, try something new. Make up your own mind about things. Is this a good solution? Why is this a good solution? Is there a better solution? Ask for feedback from your peers. Ask your peers for help. You can also talk to your manager on how to improve. You don't have to do it alone.

reducesuffering 6y ago

What advice do you have for people to kick this bad habit? I struggle with keeping focus on work because it’s generally not that interesting. Switching teams within the company is a non-option because there’s a high risk other teams are toxic and WLB would be terrible. Switching other companies is a problem due to the leetcode-ification of interviews I know I couldn’t pass currently.

Fumtumi 6y ago
I would try to start small and beeing persistent about it. It is a transformation over month not days. Start doing your tasks better. Enhance testing, make a better documentation, test better, write better code, make the solution more stable. When you start doing this, you are already on a good path to become better in what you are doing and your responsibilities grow. More responsibility could mean more interesting tasks to do. Could also mean a better standing, a higher salary or the courage to look for a new job. You can do some with your time at work. You could start automating things to reduce your workload, this and getting rid of surfing around gives you then the time to improve. Either by working better and growing in what you are doing already or using that time to look left and right. Try sometimg out, try something new. Make up your own mind about things. Is this a good solution? Why is this a good solution? Is there a better solution? Ask for feedback from your peers. Ask your peers for help. You can also talk to your manager on how to improve. You don't have to do it alone.