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Sometimes I find that instead of reading about tech and trying little hobby things at home, I'm better off trying to fit that into my work somehow. Even a full
by goalieca 13y ago
Sometimes I find that instead of reading about tech and trying little hobby things at home, I'm better off trying to fit that into my work somehow. Even a full 8 hours of programming 5 days in a row can be enough to mentally drain you if you're actually working the whole time.
- beebs93 13y agoExcellent point. If you find yourself at a job where they discourage programmers from reading tech blogs once in a while then RUN. FOR. YOUR. FKING. LIFE.
- cfontes 13y agoExcelent advice. I have a mental list of companies that block the internet from their employees so they don't do that. I think that is just stupid. If you hire people you have to at least trust them to do their work otherwise fire them and unlock the freaking internet.
- gauravpandey 13y agoWhat if someone likes blogs to become entrepreneur more?
- mathattack 13y agoIt's self development, and very few folks have 8 hours of continuous concentration in them.
- bovermyer 13y agoI seem to remember reading somewhere that the average person can concentrate on one thing for a maximum of 30 minutes. After that, attention wavers and efficiency declines. No idea where I read that, though. It might be rumor only.
- mattgreenrocks 13y agoThat can't be right. Concentration is not some magic ability only STEM professionals have.
- mathattack 13y agoThat seems low. I can concentrate for hours is the topic is compelling enough, and I'm not that atypical. But not 8.
- a3voices 13y agoI work for a Fortune 500 company as a programmer and I've spent probably 70-80% of my time at work over the last four years reading random tech news.
- MAGZine 13y agoPretty bold statement for someone who has their full name + location + place of work in twitter handle in their profile ;-)
- twstdroot 13y agoI don't think they are really outside the norm for corporate life. If people were productive at work, we'd need less web proxies to handle the load.
- twstdroot 13y agoI came to the same realization recently. I have a lot of flexibility at work to work on personal projects that relate to my job. Unfortunately work doesn't provide some of the infrastructure I need/want. So now I have a decent lab at home and a VPN connection in. Work gives me the time, I give the resources. Good balance.