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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday May 04 2019, @10:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the coding-for-a-living dept.

There is often pressure inside Software development for Software developers to code outside of work hours. Coding is considered a passion for some, but others don’t think this way. They are more than happy to not code in their spare time. This is OK.

Meetup groups, side-projects, coding quizzes, side-hustles, developing websites for friends and family. Improving your coding skills takes time, effort, discipline and sacrifice. But is it really necessary? That is for you to decide.

There is no doubt that there is importance to setting goals. It helps to see where you are going and to have something you are working towards. Being the best coder isn’t everyone’s goal.

People often feel peer pressure to code outside of hours, to stay competitive and to be the best. If someone is making you feel this way, you can remind yourself that it is perfectly OK to only code at work. Some people might even argue that doing too much can have diminishing returns…

[...] In short, it is perfectly OK to have a life outside of work. Many people hack their schedules according to their own goals and interests, which may or may not include coding. If you think this post could help someone out there, please share it around!


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Bot on Sunday May 05 2019, @04:36AM

    by Bot (3902) on Sunday May 05 2019, @04:36AM (#839094) Journal

    Too much of a good thing is still too much.

    How does the system kill artists? with debt (see courtney love's letter about piracy) and live tours with a tight schedule. An artist which cranked up a perfectly fine album out of demos gets to a shit second album after a year of touring. And has likely become dependent on some drugs.

    Coding is fun if the problem is fun, else it's OK. Still better than unclogging toilets, unless you are dealing with systemd or windows, in that case I fail to see any difference.

    Anyway, sometimes you'd pull all nighters, then after the stuff is finished the proper employer should send you home for a vacation.

    That does not happen because the rest of the world has inherited the USA double problem: employers love money more than their enterprise, employees love money more than their workplace. The second part of the problem is probably caused by the first but it has become an independent issue.
    Workers will try to do nothing on company time because they are treated like HUMAN RESOURCES (an expression who is better suited for auschwitz), the company will squeeze every drop of blood from the workers and then boot them out because they are HUMAN RESOURCES and prone to cheat anyway.

    The way out? well I cannot legally suggest to kill whoever calls you human resources and torture and kill those who taught them and profit off them, so I am a bit stumped.

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