News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: What non-technical skills make a senior dev and how to develop them?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What non-technical skills make a senior dev and h... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @11:32AM (#11909923)
Well, for me it's not usually work, but it's still "work". It's fixing faucets, and trimming bushes, and cleaning out rain gutters, and keeping cars maintained. Much of a weekend is what I need to do, not what I want to do.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What non-technical skills make a senior dev and h... by tomc1985 on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @11:43AM (#11909989)
As it is with all of us. But I refuse to do work work over the weekend, as I wish were the norm in this industry.

But if someone complains they have too much work over the weekend.... well they should do less work then. Use the time for what it is designed for!

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What non-technical skills make a senior dev and h... by sotojuan on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @01:30PM (#11910695)
> It's fixing faucets, and trimming bushes, and cleaning out rain gutters, and keeping cars maintained.

I see people doing all of that every weekend in my suburb. Definitely not something you should shy away from sharing.

[ Parent | on HN ]