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Where does an employed programmer find time to do non-work-related katas and then review them and do them again? wow
by ultimatedelman 13y ago
Where does an employed programmer find time to do non-work-related katas and then review them and do them again? wow
- segmondy 13y agoThe same place all employed people find time to do non-work related activities. Employed people play video games, watch TV, watch breaking bad, go to the gym, train for marathons, raise their kids, etc, etc. Your work is not an excuse for not being able to make time to do other things in your life.
- taternuts 13y agoI do them in my free time, like most. Oftentimes when I'm not cutting as much code as I want to at work (requirements gathering, meetings, etc) it makes me feel better to finish a little coding exercise (I like /r/dailyprogrammer) at night.
- digikata 13y agoIf you're a lumberjack and your job is cutting down trees, when do you allocate time to sharpen the axe (or for that matter try out a newfangled chainsaw). Early in my career, I too worried about "unrelated" personal research or development. I'm at the point now that I'm fully comfortable with the fact that you have to go off and do unrelated / indirect work to maintain a high overall productivity - this is a fundamental part of the expertise for which you are being paid. Some employers are better about formally supporting and/or directing that development. But even if they don't formally do anything, allocating a judicious portion of your time to self-improvement falls in line with your self-interest as well as your employers interest. This includes time at work.