Saving fish by writing code! Applications developer in fisheries, specializing in webapps and moving 'enterprise-y' legacy systems to modern agile systems - Email or tweet me if you want to talk!
I got an agreement with my boss to do 10% time for our dev group a la Google. The understanding is that we'll use our 1/2 day/week to do something that may someday be useful to the organization. I don't remember what arguments I used, but it was something along the lines of it being cheaper than flying in trainers, or sending us to conferences or workshops all the time.
If your boss or organization isn't feeling that idea, Joseph Matsey has some pretty good talks on building a culture of learning, whether your company wants it or not.
I manage that on a personal level by blocking out Wednesday afternoon's on my calendar and then either doing some target blog reading, tinkering with a new technology or (lately) reading a tech/leadership/management book.
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I got an agreement with my boss to do 10% time for our dev group a la Google. The understanding is that we'll use our 1/2 day/week to do something that may someday be useful to the organization. I don't remember what arguments I used, but it was something along the lines of it being cheaper than flying in trainers, or sending us to conferences or workshops all the time.
If your boss or organization isn't feeling that idea, Joseph Matsey has some pretty good talks on building a culture of learning, whether your company wants it or not.
I manage that on a personal level by blocking out Wednesday afternoon's on my calendar and then either doing some target blog reading, tinkering with a new technology or (lately) reading a tech/leadership/management book.