the only coding I've done outside of work in quite a long time is a small bit of JS to apply hats to emoji. I don't know how anyone does tech stuff out of hours, it's exhausting enough doing it IN hours
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I find myself clipping a lot of tech related articles being like I MUST READ THIS and then realising that I probably never will because my brain is FULL this year.
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There is a wealth of amazing writing out there about tech, about leadership, teams, management, books about distributed systems, so much that will level you up and make you a better developer. But it's also OKAY NOT TO READ THAT STUFF. You won't be a shit developer if you don't.
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I frequently have to remind myself:
* finding kubernetes extremely boring (SO BORING) does not make me rubbish at my job
* it is okay that I am not reading O'Reilly books for funsies in bed
* my hobbies keep me sane and without them I would be even worse at my job
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I booked a 2-hour slot in my team's calendar every Friday for "Reading time" - time to spend reading or learning whatever they want to learn for work. They can take longer if they want, but having that slot makes it more "official" and so (I hope) people are more likely to do it.
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the way I see it: if it benefits your work, it can be done in working hours.
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kubernetes more like kuber-nothanks
(I acknowledge and am extremely grateful for the work our infrastructure platform team do to automate our kubernetes setup so I do not have to touch it)
🤠 if you want to add hats to emoji:
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