How do you spend your downtime at workplace?

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ramkumarvcbe

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Hi guys,

In this thread, I would like to know how do you guys spend your downtime at your office? like browsing forums/news websites, facebook, watching videos ???
 
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ramkumarvcbe said:
Hi guys,

In this thread, I would like to know how do you guys spend your downtime at your office? like browsing forums/news websites, facebook, watching videos ???
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I don't usually get any down time. But whenever I get a chance, I try to interact with my teammates. Since as a developer we tend to engross ourselves deeply in the coding world. Many times it results in exhaustion. A bit of interactions/jokes and pranks (with the girls ;) ) tends to keep the mood in check.

Then since it's winter, I tend to go to sip some tea to the tea stalls located outside the company and sometimes just reading some newspaper while sipping tea in cafeteria.

I also try to increase my PR (pun for Pyar :D) with other colleagues of other teams too. Since it is necessary for your personal growth and to make contacts. Very important thing is to come out of your shell. ;)
 
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Lucky to be in a team where all teammates(5 of us) are close friends. So we hangout together whether downtime or during breaks. However, group members are becoming less and less ( moving away to better jobs ) .
 
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This thread in nice. :mrgreen: , because honestly I have run out of ideas, for spending idle time at workplace.

I usually get around atleast 4-5Hrs(everyday) idle at my workplace out of 8hrx5days a week.
When I was new , I used to spend time procrastinating over Facebook .
But now I am damn bored from FB.
*Browse forums , like thinkdigit,xda,overclockers,physicsforums,etc.
*Flipkart,Ebay!!
*Read random articles related to my topic of interest .
*Spend some time sitting idle in chair and thinking about how life works ( you know all those mysterious theories , etc..etc..)
*Play chess , flash games , excel games , ( and all those type of games that can be passed in to hardened system.)
*Discussion with team members about who's going to be the next PM , blah..blah.
*Studying ( if bored with everything else.)
*Sleep for an hour at least.
 
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Rishi. said:
This thread in nice. :mrgreen: , because honestly I have run out of ideas, for spending idle time at workplace.

I usually get around atleast 4-5Hrs(everyday) idle at my workplace out of 8hrx5days a week.
When I was new , I used to spend time procrastinating over Facebook .
But now I am damn bored from FB.
1)*Browse forums , like thinkdigit,xda,overclockers,physicsforums,etc.
*Flipkart,Ebay!!
*Read random articles related to my topic of interest .
*Spend some time sitting idle in chair and thinking about how life works ( you know all those mysterious theories , etc..etc..)
*Play chess , flash games , excel games , ( and all those type of games that can be passed in to hardened system.)
*Discussion with team members about who's going to be the next PM , blah..blah.
*Studying ( if bored with everything else.)
2)*Sleep for an hour at least.
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For me the last thing & first thing you mentioned suits well.
 
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Rishi. said:
This thread in nice. :mrgreen: , because honestly I have run out of ideas, for spending idle time at workplace.

I usually get around atleast 4-5Hrs(everyday) idle at my workplace out of 8hrx5days a week.
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With that much of time, you can invest it to learn new skills from Khan Academy or Codecademy or Udacity.
 
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Vyom said:
With that much of time, you can invest it to learn new skills from Khan Academy or Codecademy or Udacity.
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The studying part I mentioned in the end involved it. ( Networking , learning programming , computer security ).
Had my hands on PHP,MySql , .NET C# , etc. It's just that since I don't work in a development profile , so I don't get to implement them.

I asked my manager to get an IDE and Cisco Packet tracer , installed on my workstation but unfortunately he denied it saying that the project doesn't demands it. And therefore it's not authorized.
Still I practice it through online IDEs. But they don't work much ( excpet for php ).
 
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Rishi. said:
The studying part I mentioned in the end involved it. ( Networking , learning programming , computer security ).
Had my hands on PHP,MySql , .NET C# , etc. It's just that since I don't work in a development profile , so I don't get to implement them.

I asked my manager to get an IDE and Cisco Packet tracer , installed on my workstation but unfortunately he denied it saying that the project doesn't demands it. And therefore it's not authorized.
Still I practice it through online IDEs. But they don't work much ( excpet for php ).
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what are working on then? if you are interested in programming and other things you should really try to learn and work on them and gain experience on them....
 
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^It's not that I don't know about programming. I have worked on couple of languages and have studied them in academics as well ( since I am an BSc.IT grad.)
But getting hired as a fresher in software development is a problem. This year , in next couple of months , I am looking to join a development job itself because I am pissed off wasting time .

Currently I am working in IT Service Management and Application support environment , with ~3 yrs of exp. Now , I am planning to ditch this profile and move onto something more fruitful.
 
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Rishi. said:
^It's not that I don't know about programming. I have worked on couple of languages and have studied them in academics as well ( since I am an BSc.IT grad.)
But getting hired as a fresher in software development is a problem. This year , in next couple of months , I am looking to join a development job itself because I am pissed off wasting time .

Currently I am working in IT Service Management and Application support environment , with ~3 yrs of exp. Now , I am planning to ditch this profile and move onto something more fruitful.
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but you already have 3 years of exp in this field...you can switch to other platforms like .net, java or php?

also anyone here working on .net or other Microsoft technologies?
 
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ghouse12311 said:
but you already have 3 years of exp in this field...you can switch to other platforms like .net, java or php?

also anyone here working on .net or other Microsoft technologies?
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I am not having professional/work experience in any development project or job. I know how to programm and love it (.net / php) , but as a professional I never tried for a breakthrough. I have finally made up my mind this year , to go ahead and try , what can happen at worse.

My work experience lies in ITes Management. ( Service Desk LvL 2 ). and TBH , people in this realm are so stubborn and lazya$$ that they just don't want to do anything in life.
 
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ramkumarvcbe

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In my downtime, I'm used to browse forums such as thinkdigit, anandtech, etc. I love reading news, so I read many articles from the Hindu and NDTV, and Google news. Twitter/Facebook are banned from using it in work hours, so there's no talk of it. I read some self-help ebooks written by Robin Sharma, Shiv Khera, and Rhonda Byrne. That's all. :D
 
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