Re:The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work
by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @03:31PM
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It may be a personality thing. I was in that situation and I didn't find it having "absolutely no meaning whatsoever." It was a time to learn, research new technology, experiment, etc. I was in that situation for at least two years before the company went under.
It was before widespread internet, so I can imagine that if I had the net in my pocket it would only have been so much better.
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I had forgotten about this, but ironically, a few years earlier the company started selling a software package that was written by an engineer in a similar situation. He worked at a water plant and his job was basically to sit there all day occasionally checking some gauges to make sure everything was OK. Since he had essentially all day free with no one caring what he did, he wrote a complete software application.
It was before widespread internet, so I can imagine that if I had the net in my pocket it would only have been so much better.
[edit] I had forgotten about this, but ironically, a few years earlier the company started selling a software package that was written by an engineer in a similar situation. He worked at a water plant and his job was basically to sit there all day occasionally checking some gauges to make sure everything was OK. Since he had essentially all day free with no one caring what he did, he wrote a complete software application.