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Re:On Leaving Facebook by quickthrower2 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:21AM (#30034211)
Ideally the thing you spend time on should be something you can use outside the org. E.g. learn k8s.
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Re:On Leaving Facebook by Juliate on Saturday January 22, 2022 @05:08AM (#30035324)
That’s if you’re not already frozen regarding the field.

I’m exactly in this spot right now. And yes, self-training on side quests like k8s or anything related to the field looks nice on the paper.

The problem comes from when 1/ you already associated all these training with the field you’re working in, and it feels helpless and boring, 2/ you still feel somehow disloyal to use your time like that.

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Re:On Leaving Facebook by orzig on Saturday January 22, 2022 @02:10PM (#30039801)
Yeah, a good manager can fix that in 30 seconds (by giving you explicit permission to learn), but a surprising portion don’t think too.
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