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On a some related note, I struggle to understand how those with no-slack full-time technical jobs have technical hobbies. I'll give it a go every so often but g
by kayadera 4y ago
On a some related note, I struggle to understand how those with no-slack full-time technical jobs have technical hobbies. I'll give it a go every so often but get burned out quickly. I have a nice collection of in-progess but dormant pieces of software.
- id 4y agoMaybe there aren't that many no-slack full-time technical jobs.
- ok123456 4y agoor maybe the people who have slack full-time jobs are trying to protect them.
- Spooky23 4y agoDon’t. It’s bullshit. At big tech companies when times are good, many people are sitting around waiting for paint to dry. (Ie some nutty process) Remember they are a profit center and get slacktime and fancy stuff. Ditto outside of engineering. I knew one SE with a pretty big territory who travelled with his wife. They were swingers. The dude would just setup random meetings so the company would spring for their hotel. We’d get our steak dinner, they would get their freak on. At the end, he’s pulling in 3% of whatever crap we were buying.
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago> I have a nice collection of in-progess but dormant pieces of software. That's already more than I have; I get my job satisfaction from my job, I like to spend my free time with family and hobbies that don't involve more work. But, different strokes for different people; I like playing video games, others like writing code for fun.
- bluGill 4y agoI used to. Then I got married, a wife and kids are far more fulfilling. When I get any free time (rare) I want to be out in my shop doing something not technical. Or at least not technically in the way of my job, sometimes the things I work on are mechanically complex.