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Ted Dziuba Says, "I Don't Code In My Free Time"

Posted by timothy on from the your-allotment-of-seconds-on-earth dept.

theodp writes "When he gets some free time away from his gigs at startup Milo and The Register, you won't catch Ted Dziuba doing any recreational programming. And he wouldn't want to work for a company that doesn't hire those who don't code in their spare time. 'You know what's more awesome than spending my Saturday afternoon learning Haskell by hacking away at a few Project Euler problems?' asks Dziuba. 'F***, ANYTHING.'"

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  1. Re:Ted Dziuba by Gorobei · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hmm, I code in my free time. My boss codes in his free time. So does his boss. We also read books about random stuff and discuss our biz, etc. The end result is that we trust each other to make intelligent choices and decisions at work: you can just do a $1MM project with a few minutes of explanation. Try doing that where the management chain doesn't really understand code.

    I wouldn't hire, or work for, a person who treats programming as a 9 to 5 activity. Life is short, and the craft so long to learn.