Do you "code at home"?
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I'm with John C on this one. Not only the less coding at home the better, but I restrict the use of a computer at home to a minimal amount. Do all my banking on it, exchange some emails, surf some for news, etc. I make sure I enjoy other past times instead. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
Chris Meech wrote:
I make sure I enjoy other past times instead.
I am not against that at all. All I am saying is that 9-5 work is not sufficient to keep oneself up to date or improve skills when it comes to programming.
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Chris Meech wrote:
I make sure I enjoy other past times instead.
I am not against that at all. All I am saying is that 9-5 work is not sufficient to keep oneself up to date or improve skills when it comes to programming.
I like to strike an even balance on things.
8 hours for work
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for meThat's a pretty even balance don't you think. :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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John C wrote:
I'm fairly certain that lawyers, doctors, architects etc subscribe to professional journals, get them at work and read them at work.
A pretty common misconception among programmers. My father is an architect and I remember him reading about his field at home quite a bit. Pretty sure (good) doctors do the same.
Uh huh. People that like their professions and are good at them, will inevitably seek new knowledge, regardless what time it is. I have noticed that during the years, the subject of my research have become more inline with my current field of work. When I was younger I could spend much time on subjects that are not even close to my work. These days when I learn new stuff it's because I want to do something better, or possible replace someone else at work if I really had to. Last week for instance, I spent a lot of time learning how to build Windows Embedded images, even though I just write the applications.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I like to strike an even balance on things.
8 hours for work
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for meThat's a pretty even balance don't you think. :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
Oddly, it's got three components? ;)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I have no doubt that "coding at home" (or coding outside of work or regular job) is the best way to improve your skills and learn new things. So what kind of coding do you do outside of work? I normally focus on something which is radically different than the kind of programming I do at work. At work I develop windows and web applications, at home I focus on Mac OSX and mobile applications. At work I use ASP.NET and at home I play with Ruby on Rails.
Occasionally. But when I code at home, it's mostly because I bring work home. As I am the senior developer with "full reign" where I work, I am quite free to try out new technology, methods, etc. Of course, I don't have time to build my own operating system, but it's pretty damn close anyway (I learned how to create Windows Embedded images the other week, and pretty much everything related to that! :-D). Hopefully my request to hire new programming talents will be heard after new year. Then I will have more time to focus on some new ideas of mine. Ideas to make some stuff better, but never had time to do.
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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I like to strike an even balance on things.
8 hours for work
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for meThat's a pretty even balance don't you think. :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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So you do 16 hrs of professional development on the weekend?
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
On the weekends, to strike a balance I change things up a bit
8 hours for drinking
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for meAlhough sometimes the 8 hours for sleep isn't enough. :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
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I have no doubt that "coding at home" (or coding outside of work or regular job) is the best way to improve your skills and learn new things. So what kind of coding do you do outside of work? I normally focus on something which is radically different than the kind of programming I do at work. At work I develop windows and web applications, at home I focus on Mac OSX and mobile applications. At work I use ASP.NET and at home I play with Ruby on Rails.
The only code I usually do at home is to learn a new technology that may be useful for me in the future. I just write small code examples to learn how to use the new technology. Examples of this were WCF, WPF, LINQ, and ADO.Net Entity Framework. Having said that, right now I am working on mobile development with Android. I am also thinking of getting back into c++ with qt...moving away from .Net and MS.
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I like to strike an even balance on things.
8 hours for work
8 hours for sleep
8 hours for meThat's a pretty even balance don't you think. :cool:
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
I have the same balance except 8 hrs for me goes to my family, and learning new stuff which includes writing code. ;P
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I have no doubt that "coding at home" (or coding outside of work or regular job) is the best way to improve your skills and learn new things. So what kind of coding do you do outside of work? I normally focus on something which is radically different than the kind of programming I do at work. At work I develop windows and web applications, at home I focus on Mac OSX and mobile applications. At work I use ASP.NET and at home I play with Ruby on Rails.
Yep - for all sorts of reasons. I developed some software for the Digital TV tuner I was using, to allow scheduling of recordings etc. I'm developing a commercial web application that one day will make my fortune (together with the novel I'm writing:)) I look at 'new stuff' - like I ran through the MVC videos, played with extension methods when they first appeared. IN the past I have also written a few games (Missile Command, a couple of text adventure engines, and the infamous PooperPig (tm) I usually (these days) stick to c# because I am too old to start learning brand new stuff - I already know a million and one languages so have little desire to learn another. But I do occasionally dabble.
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I have no doubt that "coding at home" (or coding outside of work or regular job) is the best way to improve your skills and learn new things. So what kind of coding do you do outside of work? I normally focus on something which is radically different than the kind of programming I do at work. At work I develop windows and web applications, at home I focus on Mac OSX and mobile applications. At work I use ASP.NET and at home I play with Ruby on Rails.
Let's see, 9 hours at work, 2 hours shower, eating and getting to and from work. Shoot, that leaves you another 8 hours easily to code. What you thought it was ment for sleeping? That's what the weekends are for besides coding ;) Well, at least that is the way it used to be for me.. Pretty much for decades ;)
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I have no doubt that "coding at home" (or coding outside of work or regular job) is the best way to improve your skills and learn new things. So what kind of coding do you do outside of work? I normally focus on something which is radically different than the kind of programming I do at work. At work I develop windows and web applications, at home I focus on Mac OSX and mobile applications. At work I use ASP.NET and at home I play with Ruby on Rails.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
Do you "code at home"?
No.
Cheers, Vikram. (Got my troika of CCCs!)