I agree with Robert. I am married with three little boys under 5 and I find myself listening to podcast whenever possible. Since I have a mobile phone I also get to keep up with my RSS feeds in Google reader much better (subscribed to > 100 feeds easily).
And magazines and books lay around the house in multiple places so there is never an unused second. I still would love to do much more but family first.. manfred http://www.simpligility.com > wow!..I wish a single guy like me could manage time like that. > > regards, > jd > > On 7/8/10, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: >> I listen to the JavaPosse. >> >> Seriously. >> >> I also listen to other pod casts when exercising or driving to/from >> work. I >> take books with me to my kids activities. When they are doing something, >> my >> attention is there. Before the concert or ceremony, I'll read a bit and >> try >> to catch up on something. >> >> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Rakesh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> this is targeted at those slightly older developers out there who have >>> been coding for a while now and consider themselves rather good at >>> what they do. >>> >>> How do you make time to keep up to date? I mean, I have a full time >>> job which leaves me knackered in the evenings and a wife and son who >>> make sure I am not left alone at the weekend. >>> >>> I've been meaning to sit down and learn Scala, GWT, Spring 3.0 but I >>> just don't get the time. >>> >>> Any one else been in this position? How did you solve it? >>> >>> Rakesh >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "The Java Posse" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Robert Casto >> www.IWantFreeShipping.com >> Find Amazon Filler Items easily! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
