In my job-hours I try to spot topics related to what I enjoy most in engineering and leadership. It's easier than you think, once you build the habit.
I'm at the point I can not afford to invest in a parallel delivery project. But that doesn't mean I do not find meaningful chunks of work for me, inside the canvas of my job.
Why?
Because overlap helps.
I take these topics outside of working hours, just like I would go out to walk my dog (I don't have a doggo :D though I wouldn't mind walking one). And I do find opportunities to read, learn, code, document, write. But yeah, they're small chunks, easy to deliver in 1-3 hours sprints, as a (weekly?) habit. I couldn't find room for a personal project that requires expensive maintenance, without troubling my other non-coding related activities - family, friends, working out, running, reading literature, playing videogames etc.
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In my job-hours I try to spot topics related to what I enjoy most in engineering and leadership. It's easier than you think, once you build the habit.
I'm at the point I can not afford to invest in a parallel delivery project. But that doesn't mean I do not find meaningful chunks of work for me, inside the canvas of my job.
Why?
Because overlap helps.
I take these topics outside of working hours, just like I would go out to walk my dog (I don't have a doggo :D though I wouldn't mind walking one). And I do find opportunities to read, learn, code, document, write. But yeah, they're small chunks, easy to deliver in 1-3 hours sprints, as a (weekly?) habit. I couldn't find room for a personal project that requires expensive maintenance, without troubling my other non-coding related activities - family, friends, working out, running, reading literature, playing videogames etc.