Been using UNIX since the late 80s; Linux since the mid-90s; virtualization since the early 2000s and spent the past few years working in the cloud space.
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Education
B.S. Psychology from Pennsylvania State University
I try to set aside time to go to concerts and such (and just came back from this year's Las Vegas installment of the Electric Daisy Carnival). But, even without work getting in the way of personal time, setting aside sufficient money to do so is always problematic.
software developer with almost no qualifications, but a strong desire for learning. i believe that you can make it without qualifications if you push yourself.
don't give up. the difference betw...
not too fantastic at the moment. we're in the middle of a big project, so two days a week i'm working late (6am - 10pm), so from the evening before until the next afternoon i don't see my son. last week we had a work outing, so didn't see him at all on thursday and friday.
we get paid overtime, so that's one good thing at least.
I’m Erhan Kılıç, a curious web developer from Turkey who loves to write software applications and websites.
I have been working as a web developer since 2013.
I work with 3 companies. Two of them remote and other one is normal. Well, most of the time I try to spend my time to do my hobbies and travel but it's not much. I'm trying to earn as much as I can before 35 years old :)
I’m Erhan Kılıç, a curious web developer from Turkey who loves to write software applications and websites.
I have been working as a web developer since 2013.
Hi, sometimes I wonder too :)
One of the remote doesn't require full time work so I can handle their tasks on my freetime. Other remote one doesn't have much job. 20 hours in month, mostly.
Normal one is fulltime job.
Surprisingly good. My new internship is just so awesome. It's full of people I highly admire and get long well with, it's a in a no bs and relaxing environment. I do my 37.5hrs of work everyweek. The rest of my time is reading lots tech and non tech books in nature settings. Doing either mountain biking or other outdoor sports. I make no compromise on the activitiees outside of tech
Up until 6 weeks ago I worked from home and while did more work hours, the work/life balance was better. I'd start work at about 7am (and get up at about 6:55am), stop at 8:45 to take the kids to school and then meet some local friends for coffee and then a workout until 10:30am. I'd work from 10:30 until 2:45pm when I'd go pick the kids up again, then come home and work from 3:15pm to about 5pm. I'd go out to Taekwondo until 8pm then come home and grab some dinner and work another couple of hours before watching some TV and heading to bed at about midnight.
Now I get up at 5:30am, leave for work/dropping the kids in before school care at 6:15, start work at 7-7:30. Finish work at 4pm, home by 5:15-5:30. I have my evenings completely to myself now but I'm more tired at the end of each day and the work enjoyment is less, purely because of the current schedule.
I work remotely so I save commute/transit time! Sometimes I work from coffee shops and co-working spaces though, it helps me focus. I work at a great place that rarely requires overtime as long as I meet my hours—technically 8 hrs a day but in reality not that strict, 2 + 2 + 2-3 hrs or thereabouts. I can set my own hours as long as I communicate it with my team lead.
I (try to) prioritize physical exercise (go to gym on avg 2-3 times/week; go for walks), not skip meals and sleep. I allocate time to visit my parents and catch up with friends.
Other than those, I pretty much code all the time. When I'm done with my day job, I either do side gigs sometimes and/or code to learn stuff. I'm fully self-taught AND a latecomer to tech, so I feel like I have sooooooo much to catch up (also, I do genuinely enjoy coding!).
It's kind of weird when your (1) livelihood (ie. work), (2) future prospects (work-ish), and (3) entertainment/fun (life) are intertwined in one place, ie. coding! Not complaining, though. 🤷🏽♀️
Most days I work all day (not in a dev role) and then come home around 7:00PM and study for University until around 12:00AM when I go to bed and then back up at 6:00AM to go back to work.
Whilst work is getting better, it can be extremely stressful and tiring, with the amount of work we are expected to get done.
Usually really good. I'm on a team and with a company that lets me be flexible with what hours I work. I choose the early-in early-out life. I get to work at 6:30 AM and I'm out the door 3:30ish. I usually just miss traffic both ways.
*I do get asked to work extra from time to time. I don't get overtime, but they incentivize it if they have to ask. I appreciate that this is the exception to the rule for me, because there is a culture among my team that some tend to live at work, and the company loves them for it. Work/life balance is probably the single-most important thing for me where I'm at right now so I don't take that for granted.
On a separate note, being the early guy I hear stories about how everybody sees the people who "stay late" and "work extra" and they often get pizza on the company card. People see they come in early but don't notice that they didn't get in until 11:00 or later. The hard part about getting in early is that nobody notices when you are putting in that extra time.
One great piece of advice I received to get noticed was to find excuses to respond to emails when you are in early/late so that people see that you are putting in the time.
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In a word, "fsck'ed".
I try to set aside time to go to concerts and such (and just came back from this year's Las Vegas installment of the Electric Daisy Carnival). But, even without work getting in the way of personal time, setting aside sufficient money to do so is always problematic.
not too fantastic at the moment. we're in the middle of a big project, so two days a week i'm working late (6am - 10pm), so from the evening before until the next afternoon i don't see my son. last week we had a work outing, so didn't see him at all on thursday and friday.
we get paid overtime, so that's one good thing at least.
I work with 3 companies. Two of them remote and other one is normal. Well, most of the time I try to spend my time to do my hobbies and travel but it's not much. I'm trying to earn as much as I can before 35 years old :)
Hi Erhan! How do you handle the time and work from the 3 companies?
Hi, sometimes I wonder too :)
One of the remote doesn't require full time work so I can handle their tasks on my freetime. Other remote one doesn't have much job. 20 hours in month, mostly.
Normal one is fulltime job.
Surprisingly good. My new internship is just so awesome. It's full of people I highly admire and get long well with, it's a in a no bs and relaxing environment. I do my 37.5hrs of work everyweek. The rest of my time is reading lots tech and non tech books in nature settings. Doing either mountain biking or other outdoor sports. I make no compromise on the activitiees outside of tech
Up until 6 weeks ago I worked from home and while did more work hours, the work/life balance was better. I'd start work at about 7am (and get up at about 6:55am), stop at 8:45 to take the kids to school and then meet some local friends for coffee and then a workout until 10:30am. I'd work from 10:30 until 2:45pm when I'd go pick the kids up again, then come home and work from 3:15pm to about 5pm. I'd go out to Taekwondo until 8pm then come home and grab some dinner and work another couple of hours before watching some TV and heading to bed at about midnight.
Now I get up at 5:30am, leave for work/dropping the kids in before school care at 6:15, start work at 7-7:30. Finish work at 4pm, home by 5:15-5:30. I have my evenings completely to myself now but I'm more tired at the end of each day and the work enjoyment is less, purely because of the current schedule.
Roughly 40 hours/week, plus driving to/from the office.
Most of the remaining time is spent helping with our daughter, cleaning, and sleeping. And then hanging with family on Sundays (most times).
No side projects, but 🤷
When someone brings up work/life balance question I normally follow up with. Are you referring as single person, married or parent. All different.
Not that good, but not horrible.
I work remotely so I save commute/transit time! Sometimes I work from coffee shops and co-working spaces though, it helps me focus. I work at a great place that rarely requires overtime as long as I meet my hours—technically 8 hrs a day but in reality not that strict, 2 + 2 + 2-3 hrs or thereabouts. I can set my own hours as long as I communicate it with my team lead.
I (try to) prioritize physical exercise (go to gym on avg 2-3 times/week; go for walks), not skip meals and sleep. I allocate time to visit my parents and catch up with friends.
Other than those, I pretty much code all the time. When I'm done with my day job, I either do side gigs sometimes and/or code to learn stuff. I'm fully self-taught AND a latecomer to tech, so I feel like I have sooooooo much to catch up (also, I do genuinely enjoy coding!).
It's kind of weird when your (1) livelihood (ie. work), (2) future prospects (work-ish), and (3) entertainment/fun (life) are intertwined in one place, ie. coding! Not complaining, though. 🤷🏽♀️
Most days I work all day (not in a dev role) and then come home around 7:00PM and study for University until around 12:00AM when I go to bed and then back up at 6:00AM to go back to work.
Whilst work is getting better, it can be extremely stressful and tiring, with the amount of work we are expected to get done.
Usually really good. I'm on a team and with a company that lets me be flexible with what hours I work. I choose the early-in early-out life. I get to work at 6:30 AM and I'm out the door 3:30ish. I usually just miss traffic both ways.
*I do get asked to work extra from time to time. I don't get overtime, but they incentivize it if they have to ask. I appreciate that this is the exception to the rule for me, because there is a culture among my team that some tend to live at work, and the company loves them for it. Work/life balance is probably the single-most important thing for me where I'm at right now so I don't take that for granted.
On a separate note, being the early guy I hear stories about how everybody sees the people who "stay late" and "work extra" and they often get pizza on the company card. People see they come in early but don't notice that they didn't get in until 11:00 or later. The hard part about getting in early is that nobody notices when you are putting in that extra time.
One great piece of advice I received to get noticed was to find excuses to respond to emails when you are in early/late so that people see that you are putting in the time.