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Naerling wrote: Having other priorities
 Exactly! Prioritisation is one of the way to manage time efficiently.
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Wrong! You sound like someone with no outside responsibilities such as family etc.
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This should be multi-choice survey.
My reasons are:
I procrastinate...
I know more then 3 languages (or like to think I do - C,C++,C#,SQL,Python)
I have too many obligations
etc.
gotoI procrastinate 
I would like to learn a new language, but at this moment I am inclined towards learning a new (human ) foreign language.
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Oshtri Deka wrote: I am inclined towards learning a new (human ) foreign language
Me too. I'm learning French. Way more difficult than learning a programming language.
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I usually find time to learn and test new languages and technologies but that doesn't mean I actually know them, at least not according to my knowledge table index
I mean, I only consider to know a certain technology when I actually spend time on it on a production project or even on something less serious but yet with some practical meaning.
If I only read some articles or watched some training videos on Pluralsight I don't consider my self actually knowing about it. Sure I have a pretty good idea of the potential, the features but there are a lot of stuff beyond that.
So to summarize, I read a lot, I always thy to keep myself on top of the new trends, but I don't really consider myself as knowing all that stuff.
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For example, for me:
TICK Nothing - I already know more than 3 programming languages.
TICK Not enough time (either at work or in my spare time)
Not enough incentive.
TICK I simply haven't seen another language I want to learn
Simply no desire to learn another language. But I can't do that...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Well apparently more than 3 is enough, at least according to the survey writer.
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Is really the lamest excuse I've ever heard. And unfortunately I hear it way to often.
A day has 24 hours, 8 are spent sleeping, 8 at work, which leaves another 8 of which some are spent on chores, food, hygiene, wife, kids, dog... Which almost always leaves you at least 1 hour to do exactly as you want. And lots of people spent it not learning a new language because "they have no time". Actually, you had plenty and you spent it doing the things I just said. You just don't have enough incentive to spent that time learning a new language! Weekends may also be great to learn new stuff. Don't tell me your weekends are packed with all this stuff you HAVE to do so you can't learn a new language, because it probably isn't.
Sure, I understand it's not very brave to say "well, I just don't want to learn a new language bad enough", but that is really just how it is!
Most people that say "I have no time" do have time to watch a movie, have band practice, have time to visit friends and family, have time to work out a few times a week...
I have time, so I ticked "not enough incentive". I want to, but still somehow I don't. I'd rather watch a movie, play a game or learn new stuff in the language I already know
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Greate said.. 
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Thanks! 
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Is your company hiring ... long time since I had a job that took only 8 hrs a day and none a night
though in prinicple I agree
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We are hiring. I just had a month of 71 hours overtime though, so you might want to think twice 
71 hours, because I had the time
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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I never thought I had enough time to learn and develop when I was single. Then I got married and had less time. I still thought I didn't have enough time, then I had kids and I had even less time. Then my job took more of my time and I really thought I had no time. Yet, I was still able to go back to get my degree (full time online while working a 60+ hour a week job, wife, kids, etc.) and get perfect marks while doing so.
Now when I start to think I have no time, I just smile. There is always time, it is just a matter of how you choose to spend it. If you spend an hour a day watching TV, you could spend an hour a day improving yourself instead.
Personally, I watch training videos while I clean the dishes. I also listen to audiobooks while driving and doing other mindless tasks. Finally, I spend time each day studying after my wife and kids are in bed. It means less sleep for me, but the end result is that I progress in my career while others struggle to find time.
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Tim Corey wrote: Now when I start to think I have no time, I just smile. There is always time, it is just a matter of how you choose to spend it
Exactly. You spent yours well I see!
Tim Corey wrote: while others struggle to find time
It's the struggling that takes most of the time
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Naerling wrote: 8 are spent sleeping, 8 at work
Speak for yourself.
I work 10 hours a day at work and another 4-5 hours at home. On weekends I put in about 12 hours a day. I don't sleep more than 6 hours of sleep a night. Almost all my time is spent doing new development (vs. maintenance).
/ravi
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Why the heck do you work so much? 
There's more to life than work
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Naerling wrote: Why the heck do you work so much?
Good question. I spent the first dozen years of my career at large companies and led a mostly 9-5 existence while taking advantage of the free training and growth opportunities that existed at the time. In 2000, I started working at early stage companies and have been in startup mode ever since. The hours are long, the work is fun, and I find myself always learning something new every day, be it technical or otherwise. Three of the companies I've worked at have enjoyed successful acquisitions, while the others crashed and burned. Nevertheless, the lessons learned from these experiences and the friendships and contacts I've gained have proven to be very valuable, so I guess I'm... stuck in a rut.
I agree, there is more to life than work. I just haven't yet found what that is.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I agree, there is more to life than work.
If work is what you enjoy doing I say keep doing it Just don't be a slave to it...
Anyway, you do choose to work this much. Not having time is still not a valid excuse in my opinion, you simply choose to spent it working (at least most of the time)
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Agreed.
Most people eventually engage in warm, loving relationships and raise families. Others spend their lives procreating inanimate creations[^].
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Others spend their lives procreating inanimate creations[^]
Nice ones! warm, loving relationships and families are overrated anyway
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
}
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Exactly my thoughts. I'd rather learn some new technology rather than a new language. Current things on the table at the moment are MEF and NETMF.
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Update my knowledge time to time with the technology which is used for any new project.
Not spend extra time to learn as I do not get it. My spare time is for my friends and family.
I also have some life out of my office and that is too small so why to waste valuable time in learning...
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I am not able to learn new languages.
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At least for the current type of requirements I have, I don't need a new specialized language or a switch of paradigm, yet.
Wake up! The Singularity is coming.
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If any new technology required during our project development then only we used to get time to learn that new technology  . Otherwise generally we don't used to get time even.. 
Isn't it? What you say?
--AK
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