Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by msbarnett » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:14 PM UTC

twobyfour wrote: post #20

Why would you have free time in the office? Or to put it another way, why would you be in the office during your free time?

Yeah this is my answer: I don't. I put in a tight 7 hours and then spend the rest of my life on my own life things, outside of the office.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by fageyogurtspoon » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:19 PM UTC

crunchyroll.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by magic_beans » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:21 PM UTC

Apart from binge-read HN?I usually bring whatever I'm reading and sneak a few pages whenever I'm waiting for feedback or getting a little stir-crazy.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by magic_beans » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:23 PM UTC

swah wrote: post #19

Alacart wrote: post #15

I work as a freelancer from home, so my answer might be less interesting to people at an office, but I've found that at home I'm mostly just doing the things I wanted to do at the office when I worked in one, but felt uncomfortable doing there. These include: Taking short (15 - 30 mins max) naps if and when I need them, which pretty dramatically helps me creatively problem solve. Going for a long-ish walk outside. Th…

> Going for a long-ish walk outside. Do you have a real objective on those walks (ie getting groceries, lunch) ? I like walking with non-gym clothes but only when I'm actually doing something in the way...

It can be very pleasant to take a long walk with no objective.

Try it some time.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by mahesh_gkumar » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:27 PM UTC

I network. I will get coffee with folks (managers, ICs, Execs) who I randomly bump into in meetings, code reviews, fire drills etc and find out what they are working on, future job openings, collaboration opportunities, new product ideas, etc.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by garyfirestorm » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:28 PM UTC

sz4kerto wrote: post #9

garyfirestorm wrote: post #6

In my free time, I try and automate things. This ensures smooth and fast solutions during crunch time.

So you work in your free time. :)

I work in an automotive company (one of the big three's) I specialize in Noise and Vibrations. My job description involves testing, analyzing, and solving problems. Everyone I work with has very little to no programming experience (edit - programming is not a part of my job description). We* deal with huge amount of data (coming from sensors and microphones) I like to build custom tools (write software to process the data) so when I am really solving problems, I am spending very little time/effort in data processing and more on analyzing. (edit - a lot of people dont appreciate the things I do, they like to spend hours on running calculations using a standard software that we have, I see this as waste of time since it can be and should be automated)

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by fapjacks » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:34 PM UTC

I work. Now, there are a couple of caveats here that are integral to what I've said. First is that I love programming. I actually go home at night -- well, I work from home, but you know what I mean -- and I write code for side projects or contribute to other open source projects. I also love my job and the people I work with. I would not do this for a company that shit all over me or didn't go the extra mile for employees. Having worked for startups my entire life, I've never actually been in a work environment where the work ran out -- there is always something to upgrade, refactor, or fix -- but I suppose if it did, I'd use that time to research things related to work I see in the future.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by codezero » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:41 PM UTC

twobyfour wrote: post #20

Why would you have free time in the office? Or to put it another way, why would you be in the office during your free time?

I take a train that's on a specific schedule. I try to not over-work myself, so if I have time between the train and finishing most of my work, I'll use it for myself. Just because I'm in the office doesn't mean I'm on the clock.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by codezero » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:42 PM UTC

I've been playing Kerbal Space Program at the end of the day at work lately. It's fun as heck, and almost always becomes a team activity involving beer and fun mishaps.

Re: Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?

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Post by kody » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:44 PM UTC

I set goals for what I want to accomplish that evening and over the weekend. My wife and I have a running shared todo list that we reorganize and prioritize when we have free time. By the time we get home, we can start getting things done instead of watching TV all night.