Using a computer after work
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Since I work as a coder, I do not use a computer at home. Well, almost, because I use it to play or make music, but I do not sit in front of a computer doing things, which is what I mean by "using a computer". :doh: If I have a personal issue which I have to do using a computer, then I do it in work hours, as a break between completing and starting tasks. :-O I am curious how other developers do.
Greetings - Jacek
Currently, after arriving home I pwn victims in starcraft II after a long day of work. Having to drive, ingest food and sleep is so time consuming...
modified on Friday, August 19, 2011 1:07 PM
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Since I work as a coder, I do not use a computer at home. Well, almost, because I use it to play or make music, but I do not sit in front of a computer doing things, which is what I mean by "using a computer". :doh: If I have a personal issue which I have to do using a computer, then I do it in work hours, as a break between completing and starting tasks. :-O I am curious how other developers do.
Greetings - Jacek
Dude, I go home waiting to turn on the computer. Don't get me wrong, I have a life and wife and kid but the computerS at home are even nicer than the one at work.
My new toy: www.cloudclipx.com -- If I have 8 hours to chop down a tree, I spend 6 sharpening my ax!
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I work in IT because for me it is a case of my hobby having become my career - I grew up with the Spectrum and BBC Micro which inspired me to go on to study computer science at university. So I work on my personal .NET projects at home at night and work on other people's projects during the day. I don't always feel that I need to 'switch off' when home - as IT is more of a part of my life than just a means of earning money.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
GuyThiebaut wrote:
I work in IT because for me it is a case of my hobby having become my career - I grew up with the Spectrum and BBC Micro which inspired me to go on to study computer science at university.
So I work on my personal .NET projects at home at night and work on other people's projects during the day.
I don't always feel that I need to 'switch off' when home - as IT is more of a part of my life than just a means of earning money.Exactly. I started coding back around 1976. That's just what I do. -Max :D
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
I work in IT because for me it is a case of my hobby having become my career - I grew up with the Spectrum and BBC Micro which inspired me to go on to study computer science at university.
So I work on my personal .NET projects at home at night and work on other people's projects during the day.
I don't always feel that I need to 'switch off' when home - as IT is more of a part of my life than just a means of earning money.Exactly. I started coding back around 1976. That's just what I do. -Max :D
Respect :thumbsup: :) I always find it strange when I meet people who work in IT who do it purely for the money - that is people who have no interest in IT outside of what their job requires - I also find most of these people are not particularly effective at their work(that is I find that they tend to be less creative and enthusiastic about what they do). It's a good thing though - as I would not want everyone I work with to be like me :laugh:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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Respect :thumbsup: :) I always find it strange when I meet people who work in IT who do it purely for the money - that is people who have no interest in IT outside of what their job requires - I also find most of these people are not particularly effective at their work(that is I find that they tend to be less creative and enthusiastic about what they do). It's a good thing though - as I would not want everyone I work with to be like me :laugh:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
GuyThiebaut wrote:
I always find it strange when I meet people who work in IT who do it purely for the money - that is people who have no interest in IT outside of what their job requires - I also find most of these people are not particularly effective at their work(that is I find that they tend to be less creative and enthusiastic about what they do).
I've seen same. I always try to advise the kids that they shouldn't enter a field "for the money" but for the "Love of the Game". If they truly are focused on the pursuit of excellence in what they are doing the money will take care of itself. When I started out, I was willing to code for food. (So to speak). Anything that would get me access to a machine where I could create something. This makes me want to go write a routine, right now! ;-)
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I like the way you're doing that with your website. Maybe I'll set mine up and offer a title or two that I've written over the years. Good idea. I, too, have been 100% programmer for my whole career. (35+ years now). -Max :D
Writing freeware has been a very rewarding (and a huge learning) experience for me. I'm very grateful for my users' suggestions. It's only due to their feedback that my apps are pretty popular. For example, if you Google "weathermate", you'll notice that it's more popular than the Dow Corning product (that's been around far longer than I have). :) /ravi
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Since I no longer work all my computer use is in one sense, at least, 'after work'. Even when I was gainfully employed programming/computing was one of my hobbies and therefore took up at least part of my leisure time.
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I'm with you Henry. I am now relunctantly retired. I was hoping to work to 70 but was kicked out at 67. I have spent the last 18 months learning ASP.NET MVC3, C# and Entity Framework to build a website for the bowls club I belong to. I am always on my machine tinkering with one thing and another. My Dad, at 88, is also on his PC most days, but he's not programming though. Roger Hampson
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Since I work as a coder, I do not use a computer at home. Well, almost, because I use it to play or make music, but I do not sit in front of a computer doing things, which is what I mean by "using a computer". :doh: If I have a personal issue which I have to do using a computer, then I do it in work hours, as a break between completing and starting tasks. :-O I am curious how other developers do.
Greetings - Jacek
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Since I work as a coder, I do not use a computer at home. Well, almost, because I use it to play or make music, but I do not sit in front of a computer doing things, which is what I mean by "using a computer". :doh: If I have a personal issue which I have to do using a computer, then I do it in work hours, as a break between completing and starting tasks. :-O I am curious how other developers do.
Greetings - Jacek
After work I mainly use my home computer to process and enhance astronomical and personal photos that I have taken. I also edit home videos and burn them to DVD/Blu-Ray. Surfing and some research (locating car parts, boat parts, telescope parts), etc. is usually done on my iPad. It's kinda irritating when, after completing your order, the website says, "Please print this screen for your records". Thanks a lot, Steve Jobs! Even though I am a web developer during the day I also wrote and maintain two simple web sites for my astronomy club, the Quad Cities Astronomical Society], and a site for my High School Reunion. They're pretty stable now so there isn't really much to do there.
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