Do you take code home?

No, never. I won't even take work related phone calls after I leave work for the day.
I code all day, when I go home work is over.
 
shogun said:
I wholeheartedly agree that there's every reason to jump up and down if something is being badly managed. I am however one of those who really love what they do, and I'm always finding new ways of doing them. I don't have a kid to go home to. The GF also works longer hours. I don't see the need to go home and just sit in front of the TV. If I'm at home I'm going to read up on new tech being released, try a new layout for some screens on an upcoming project, prototype a few things that may be of use on internal or future projects, or do extra work on my current project and get ahead.

If I've got something else to do, or somewhere to go, that comes first. When the GF is back, it's down tools unless she's working as well. In slack time, what's wrong with doing work if you enjoy what you do? There's so many things to do that aren't stressful at all, that I do when there's nothing else to do. The time most people spend playing games or watching TV, I spend doing stuff that is going to benefit me, or my business going forward.

What I don't get is how someone can dictate that there must be something wrong with me based on how I spend my "after hours" time. Do I take my work home... yes. Is it for the reasons you guys assume? No.

EDIT: I arrive at work before 7am. By the time 6PM rolls around, I've already been at the office for 11 hours.
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I agree.

But in the evenings i work on my own stuff not stuff related to my day job.

We dont assume something is wrong with you.

But when you make statements like

"oh you're a nine to give guy" its basically stating we are less than you or we put less effort in.
 
IMO anyone who can just switch off at 5pm doesn't really have a passion for what they do, and is generally average at their job. I am not saying that people should be working late, they shouldn't, but if you aren't continuously learning, what is the point. Maybe my brain is broken, but for me free time, enjoyment and relaxing definitely includes refactoring in my head :)
 
Weird, my experience is the opposite wrt. corporates. The corporates I've worked for have always tended to err more on the 8 hour workday, one of them even didn't give out laptops because there was a strict "Don't take work home." policy, the only overtime I ever did there was deployment days. The hardest I've worked has been for startups & small companies where I was pretty much expected to always be available.
 
Not usually, unless I feel I've had an off day at work and I feel I need to make up for it.

I'm proud to say I'm a 9 to 5er and I do enjoy my job. After hours is family time and you can't ever get that time back.
 
shogun said:
I wholeheartedly agree that there's every reason to jump up and down if something is being badly managed. I am however one of those who really love what they do, and I'm always finding new ways of doing them. I don't have a kid to go home to. The GF also works longer hours. I don't see the need to go home and just sit in front of the TV. If I'm at home I'm going to read up on new tech being released, try a new layout for some screens on an upcoming project, prototype a few things that may be of use on internal or future projects, or do extra work on my current project and get ahead.

If I've got something else to do, or somewhere to go, that comes first. When the GF is back, it's down tools unless she's working as well. In slack time, what's wrong with doing work if you enjoy what you do? There's so many things to do that aren't stressful at all, that I do when there's nothing else to do. The time most people spend playing games or watching TV, I spend doing stuff that is going to benefit me, or my business going forward.

What I don't get is how someone can dictate that there must be something wrong with me based on how I spend my "after hours" time. Do I take my work home... yes. Is it for the reasons you guys assume? No.

EDIT: I arrive at work before 7am. By the time 6PM rolls around, I've already been at the office for 11 hours.
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I enjoy my job as well. I work with great people. In the morning I look forward to go into work. But you need to have balance. That balance is going to be different for each individual. For me, 11 hours a day at work is the wrong balance. And if tv is the only option to you, then thats a sad situation.

There is a difference in being forced to work extra hours in a place that you don't like. Unfortunately these organisations exist, and they can be large corporations or they can be small setups with a handful of people.
 
Got an idea/request for a side project the other day. Now don't get me wrong, I love coding and arguing about designs but I just do not feel like coding at home any more. I'd rather play PS3 or read a book than code in my free time.
 
Hamster said:
Got an idea/request for a side project the other day. Now don't get me wrong, I love coding and arguing about designs but I just do not feel like coding at home any more. I'd rather play PS3 or read a book than code in my free time.
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Agree on that one. Once the 2 minions have finished up with their playing and endless questions - its me time. Book, tablet, movie, chat to the wife, etc. And if whatever I do is actually work related - like reading up on new methodolgies or systems - great. As long as its relaxing. Don't get me wrong - I'm no 9 to 5'er - if overtime is needed - its from the office with pizza. But its the exception. The laptop is home just in case..
 
Company uses Citrix with an RSA Token ID. We can Remote into our PCs which is convenient for working from home and taking over the world (one char at a time) :D
 
_kabal_ said:
IMO anyone who can just switch off at 5pm doesn't really have a passion for what they do, and is generally average at their job. I am not saying that people should be working late, they shouldn't, but if you aren't continuously learning, what is the point. Maybe my brain is broken, but for me free time, enjoyment and relaxing definitely includes refactoring in my head :)
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Spot on brother!Work is always in the back of my mind,thinking about the systems and hoping they dont go down for whatever
reason.I will be playing some Ps3 and all of a sudden a solution to the problem that i had earlier in the day will come to my mind!
"Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life!" - cant remember
 
Batista said:
Spot on brother!Work is always in the back of my mind,thinking about the systems and hoping they dont go down for whatever
reason.I will be playing some Ps3 and all of a sudden a solution to the problem that i had earlier in the day will come to my mind!
"Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life!" - cant remember
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Rofl you're hoping your systems dont go down, perhaps you should invest some time making sure they're built correctly.

There is a certain provider in SA and big one that has got have some of the worst engineers working for them, they exposed us an end point in order for us to pull some information from them. Now we do copious amounts of transactions through their system when it comes time for us to do some reconciliation we usually get a call from them saying..."Sorry but your software has crashed our entire system... Our other clients cannot use our system."

Yeah bit off topic but that comment reminded me of that.
 
If I code at home it is to work on a personal project, not to make somebody rich.

I love coding, I do my job. There is a difference.
 
I guess some are taken in by the corporate bs that you have to dedicate every waking minute to the "company".

Otherwise you are worthless and not passionate.

I can think of better things to be passionate about

:)
 
BobsLawnService said:
If I code at home it is to work on a personal project, not to make somebody rich.

I love coding, I do my job. There is a difference.
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This.. usually have my own stuff i wanna get done which may/not be useful at company(usually is). Also off time is good i've realized so work is work unless needed.
 
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