On Friday, 30 May 2014 at 14:35:45 UTC, bearophile wrote:
Chris:
My point was that they are not aware of the fact that we spend
a lot of our spare time learning and improving things.
Every programmer worth the job (and even most that are not
worth it) uses some time every day or every week to learn. The
employer should be aware of this. Otherwise it's a good moment
to explain to the employer this basis fact :-)
Bye,
bearophile
"Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as
we know how they are made."
... and software :)
Btw, it wasn't Bismarck who said this. Apparently it was John
Godfrey Sax. Great! I'll never have to quote Bismarck again!