Re:Reflections of an “Old” Programmer
by andyjohnson0 on Friday October 07, 2016 @07:51AM
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Good point. Appreciate your concern, but I wasn't being clear.
By time to "burn" I was referring to all the time I had in my twenties: when spending an evening or a day or a weekend doing nothing in particular didn't seem like much of a waste.
Whereas now, "me-time" comes in much smaller units (maybe an hour after the kids are in bed and before I get tired). And I'm very careful to invest it: I recently spent eight months studying UX on Coursera, and am getting back into electronics and Arduino after a break, for example. I just don't have big blocks of time any more. Certainly not whole weekends.
By time to "burn" I was referring to all the time I had in my twenties: when spending an evening or a day or a weekend doing nothing in particular didn't seem like much of a waste.
Whereas now, "me-time" comes in much smaller units (maybe an hour after the kids are in bed and before I get tired). And I'm very careful to invest it: I recently spent eight months studying UX on Coursera, and am getting back into electronics and Arduino after a break, for example. I just don't have big blocks of time any more. Certainly not whole weekends.