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If terra firma upsets you, would that be EyreLand?
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One should give productivity gains to yourself.
Imagine that the boss has given you a week to carry out a task, which is the traditional amount of time allotted for this task. However, you know an innovative way of completing the task in half the time. Rather than divulge this method, you use it yourself thus completing your assignment early. The remainder of the allotted time you give to yourself by studying something that is useful for your career all the while looking busy. This study time would also likely be of use to your employer too in the sense that these studies would enhance your utility; however, its important that you be in a position of control rather than your employer.
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j91234 wrote: The remainder of the allotted time you give to yourself by studying something that is useful
Like how much bacon should be consumed per mealtime and how much coffee to drink per day.
I agree.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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j91234 wrote: its important that you be in a position of control rather than your employer.
Kinda like being the boss? 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Isnt this how we all spend so much time in the lounge? 
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I'd suggest that if you go this route - and don't get caught - you only spend half the time saving on self-improvement, not all of it. That way you get a smaller amount of improvement, but a goodly number of brownie points as a miracle worker.
But...get caught improving yourself on company time when you are supposed to be doing "Project X" and charging the time to "Project X" and you do risk discipline in some companies. And trust me, some of your cow-orkers will dob you in if they find out.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'm waiting for the follow-up, where he tells us that, for a moderate fee, we can gain three inches.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If I used enough hair product, I could gain 18 inches or so ... but I might have difficulty getting through doorways. 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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"OK, I'll come up the stairs, now."
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Earning brownie points? There is no such thing; you're just a number.
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And yet, I must point out the irony of your display name.
Jeremy Falcon
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yes, I am a bit of a burke, I must confess.
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Don't worry, you're not just a number.
There's a letter in there as well.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Jeremy Falcon
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I'd suggest being honest. I find that if you're honest with your employer and always have their back, they too will have your back when it comes time to do stuff like this. Being sneaky isn't the solution. Maybe he/she could really need something else too this week. Whatever the case, people treat you how you treat them. So if you have their back, they'll have your back and won't care so much about the little things like you studying during your downtime.
YMMV
Jeremy Falcon
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Yup.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Jeremy, my natural inclination is to do as you suggest but bear in mind that employers have banded together to support lobby groups on capital hill to support legislation such as H1-B that is designed to ratchet down U.S. tech worker wages; ergo, your employer is already dishonest. One should always reciprocate in kind.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2868428/it-industry/new-h-1b-bill-will-help-destroy-us-tech-workforce.html
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j91234 wrote: One should always reciprocate in kindly.
FTFY
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: I find that if you're honest with your employer and always have their back, they too will have your back when it comes time to do stuff like this.
In my 30+ years of employment / consulting, I have found only one client for which that is true. For example, after being the savior of two projects for one company, I get told "we can't guarantee your paycheck."
There is no "they too will have your back" -- the corporate world is filled with greed, incompetence, and finger pointing.
Sorry to be so negative realistic.
Marc
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truly words of wisdom here.
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I totally understand what you're saying, and believe me I agree. I find it's the poorly funded companies that act like this though. So, it all depends on the stability of the company I'd wager. To better say it, you're manager will have your back as much as possible, if you always have their back.
Jeremy Falcon
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And if I was your boss and found out you would be looking for another job. Do you think you are the only one who should benefit from your innovative idea.
I loathe developers who guard their code, I often see it in junior developers especially if they are working on new tech.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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It would be a pleasant world if there were a positive correlation between intelligence and one's authority in an organization; sadly, the opposite prevails, which forces all participants to join the battle using any means at their disposal. This is war. I didn't make the rules; rather, they were imposed.
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j91234 wrote: Rather than divulge this method
So the others are just too dumb to work it out?
j91234 wrote: The remainder of the allotted time you give to yourself by studying something that is useful for your career all the while looking busy
Does this mean you have not bought in at all to the product you are building or the organisation you work in? If you said "spend the remainder of the time contributing in some useful way to what is going on" that may also include research and will also benefit you. It is just a more constructive way of looking at the same set of circumstances.
j91234 wrote: position of control rather than your employer
While you are at work being paid the employer has some control. You can still maintain your self respect. If you want more control become an independent contractor. That is the road many here have taken. It may be the acid test of how brilliant you are.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
modified 15-Aug-16 20:56pm.
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