One of the most miserable things ever is to be in a position where you have to make yourself appear busy, even when you have no actual work to do. I had a few

One of the most miserable things ever is to be in a position where you have to make yourself appear busy, even when you have no actual work to do. I had a few positions like that in college, and eventually just started working on some quasi-work-related coding tasks to amuse myself and keep myself occupied. I'd much rather have actual work to do all day long rather than spend my time browsing HN or doing make-work tasks.