Who here codes personal projects while at work? Just curious how many people are working on their MUDs while sitting at work. lol Yes, this post was posted due to having nothing to do at this second while at work.. Damn older nodes and not liking 2gb CFs.

Now let us see if I got the poll right. :p

I do. :P Not often, but I have.

I do, but only when I have nothing else to do. Given that I rarely have nothing else to do while at work, I rarely do my own stuff while at work – unless I'm explicitly taking a break from work, which I do twice a day for ~15 minutes.

Heh, I code from "work" all the time. Although since I work for myself, it's really not a big deal.

Sorry, had to choose the third option myself as I'm more or less self-employed and thus all my "work" qualifies as personal projects.. :wink:

Ah, I see that Justice is also in that same boat. Perhaps he was the other who choose that option. :smile:

I've been known to write code while at work, though I end up having to cart it home on a USB stick since the network nazis ( Oi, did I say it? ) are watching our every move these days. Cygwin has become banned unless your job entails software development, so I can't even use that anymore.

Actually I chose the Other Option due to the fact I don't have a job so…… lol

Well, believe me, plenty of folks out there equate self-employment with unemployment, so.. :wink: :lol:

I just end up using PuTTy and coding right on my server. I'm head of security at work, so if someone notices I have PuTTy or SSH open it'll look normal.

You know, it's thread like this that make admins and managers want to put in all those pesky impediments in the first place. :wink:

That's rather amusing Conner, because legally speaking we are unemployed. I prefer to tell people that I'm self-employed since "unemployed" tends to make people think you're living off welfare or someone else. Can't say that all of my projects are personal though, since the work is for a client. I simply have the option to choose not to accept a client project. My friends think it's funny as all hell when my client calls me up and I'm like… well, sorry but I'm getting drunk today, so I can't work on that… and i'm not sure you want me to with the state I'm in. (insert slur where appropriate)

You have a point, but the IRS certainly doesn't consider us unemployed. And, yes, there are plenty of my projects that aren't personal, but most of them don't involve coding for me. *shrug*
Oh no, you don't really tell then that, do you? :lol: I mean, there are so many other ways to say it and make it sound ..well, better than that. :lol: "I'm sorry <insert client name>, I won't be working on that project today because I've got meetings scheduled all day, but I'll be sure to make it a priority for tomorrow." :wink:

I don't actually log into anything at work, because the network is monitored. However, I post the crap out of my forums when I'm bored. I have also tried using a template I print off to write out room descriptions for areas when I'm bored.

Vladaar

I don't have access to a PC from work so I guess I can't… could always do it on my blackberry though, I suppose. That'd kinda get annoying though.

I don't think the idea was that you had to, Davion, just that the OP was curious how many of us did. ;)

Heh, the IRS doesn't care about employment, they care about income. They don't care if it's a paycheck, gift, or prize… the bastards.

And yes, I really do tell them that, depends on the client though. If it's one of my primary clients, they don't care. Hell, on occasion they're the ones getting me drunk.

Re: The IRS; amen to that..

I suppose as long as you've got that level of personal relationship with them, I can see it, but I can't imagine telling a new client that you've barely established yourself with something like that.