I had a boss once who blocked off an hour a day as "learning time". I don't know what your schedule is like at work, but that may be an option for you.
Mark On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > Who says your private developer time has to be in the evening? I do my > "extra" time, like book-writing and studying new stuff, first thing in > the morning (after a little wake-up web surfing and exercise). Maybe > that pushes off your "knackered" time to the last hour of your work > day, but depending on your personal cycles, it might be something to > try. > > At different times in my life, I've worked day, evening, and overnight > shifts, and I've found I really like jumping in at 5:30 AM when nobody > else is up (well, except for Europe…) > > You mention you have a family. Did you find you got more ambitious and > interested in maintaining your skills after having kids? I can't > believe how much time I wasted back when I had so much of it. > > As for podcast listening, I'm doing a better job of keeping up with > the Posse now that I've got 90 minutes of lawn mowing a week to keep > up with. > > On Jul 8, 11:46 am, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
