[OT] Extra time spent

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

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!