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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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