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Seriously, he says that as if it's amazing that there are a few weeks out of the year that he doesn't have to work on the weekend.



You never get curious about things you've been working on? Curious enough to want to quickly dig in and see how things are going?

I work on stuff that I find immensely interesting, it's not unusual for me to pick up my work's laptop, jump on and have a look at stuff. Not because I'm expected to or required to (to the contrary co-workers grumble at me when I do), but just because it's enjoyable. Does it come at the expense of anything else? Nope, my family comes first and foremost, the laptop quickly disappears. I've other hobbies that I do over the weekend.

Let's not cherry pick one sentence in a blog and turn it into a epic.


I've been in jobs where I felt I needed to check email, check commit logs, look at proposed patches, etc. etc. on weekends, on holidays, even when I was on vacation.

I hope not to have a job which involves that kind of "curiosity" again.




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