Comments on: Job vs. Work http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/2009/03/job-vs-work/ Comments and thoughts on technology from Marc Hughes Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maxim Porges http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/2009/03/job-vs-work/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Maxim Porges Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:08:43 +0000 http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/?p=352#comment-635 One of the most important things anybody can learn in their professional careers is when to say "no" to meetings. It took me a while to figure out that refusing to meet with people on their schedule was perfectly acceptable and not a workplace taboo after I shifted roles from "primarily programmer" to "primarily manager of programmers" an my meeting commitments increased. Hard to tell if this is your particular dilemma due to the bluriness, but seemed the most likely candidate. Regardless of what ails your schedule, an effective way to combat "non-working work" syndrome is to schedule yourself blocks of time to actually do what it is you are paid for, and treat these appointments with equal importance to whatever else it is that is consuming your time. - max One of the most important things anybody can learn in their professional careers is when to say “no” to meetings. It took me a while to figure out that refusing to meet with people on their schedule was perfectly acceptable and not a workplace taboo after I shifted roles from “primarily programmer” to “primarily manager of programmers” an my meeting commitments increased. Hard to tell if this is your particular dilemma due to the bluriness, but seemed the most likely candidate.

Regardless of what ails your schedule, an effective way to combat “non-working work” syndrome is to schedule yourself blocks of time to actually do what it is you are paid for, and treat these appointments with equal importance to whatever else it is that is consuming your time.

- max

]]> By: Clint http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/2009/03/job-vs-work/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Clint Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:10:38 +0000 http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/?p=352#comment-626 Amen to that... Amen to that…

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