The rise of the pointless job

Re:The rise of the pointless job by amelius on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:00AM (#17001114)

Instead of zoning out, why not work on a cool side-project?

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by DanBC on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:04AM (#17001122)

The IP ownership can sometimes be a bit confusing.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by amelius on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:32AM (#17001214)

Why even tell them? I bet in many cases it's easier to hide working on a side-project than to hide reading & posting comments to HN.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by billfruit on Saturday May 05, 2018 @06:51AM (#17001273)

Ethically slightly problematic to work on some side project, than in doing creative time wasting.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by matwood on Saturday May 05, 2018 @08:40AM (#17001560)

Yeah. If I'm on work time, working on a potential side project feels ethically wrong. This is different than wasting time on HN, or reading about some new programming language because that knowledge gain could be used at work at some point.

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Re:The rise of the pointless job by amelius on Saturday May 05, 2018 @09:20AM (#17001690)

I would just think of it as keeping the machine oiled.

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