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I largely disagree not from a policy position but in practical terms. In most major employers modern software processes allow for major time gaps in delivery an
by austincheney 5y ago
I largely disagree not from a policy position but in practical terms. In most major employers modern software processes allow for major time gaps in delivery and productivity. That time can be spent on anything regardless of employer blessing. Although personal projects created in these time pockets do not carry the endorsement of the employer they are often silently blessed as no cost innovation.
- 00000000005 5y agoSo in non-corporate speak, the company is so slow, and the workload on developers so light, you have time to do whatever you want? Wouldn’t dedicating that time to a project benefiting the company be an admission that you’re under utilized and slacking off?
- austincheney 5y agoUnder utilized yes, but slacking off no. An employee is beholden to the work assigned to them. Large pockets of availability occur for developers when either a developer is substantially more productive than their peers or when internal processes limit increased productivity. In either case the developer is doing all they can to do their job with plenty of availability remaining for personal work.
- rini17 5y agoAre there any corporations that explicitly tolerate personal work during work time?
- w_t_payne 5y agoAre there any corporations that explicitly know everything that each and every employee gets up to during work time?
- rini17 5y agoYes, some do. They monitor both real and virtual desktops. But you dodged the question. When doing creative work, having an openly accepting environment makes a lot of difference. Can we agree on this?