Reply to: How bored can you be at work?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

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For the OP

[d000hg]

Yes, reading the latest Tom Clancey on me kindle...

Why did you neg-rep me for defending you?

[MaryPoppins]

I agree with the op.

Some of these shrill individuals are small minded geeky types who haven't got a clue what it's like to be climbing the walls with boredom.

I'm only in this game for the money. I can just about stomach being sat in an office in the vicinity of fog horned mouthed women ( not unlike a female poster on here) if I'm actively engaged in an interesting project.

The boredom that results from sSitting round with absolutely tap all to do is actually heightened by, as someone suggested, reading up on some new technology in which I don't actually have much interest because I'm not a geek.

Nice, I'll give you that one.

On the rest of your post however, make the most of the money while you're getting it. It's not going to last long.

[Old Greg]

Yes, reading the latest Tom Clancey on me kindle...

There we are. And at £6 per hour and 1 page every 20 minutes, that's a great rate just for reading a book at work.

[d000hg]

Yes, reading the latest Tom Clancey on me kindle...

Come on Sas, he's teed himself up perfectly for you... to blither on about how anything popular is for cretins, and how you exclusively read 1st editions from the 16th-18th century because you're such a pompously arrogant bore.

[zoco]

I am not at all geeky - not a coder or anything technical but I fancied doing a bit of web design so it's a great opportunity at the moment to learn it at work while being paid.

If that's not for you, fair enough. But have you no interest in reading anything at all? Novels? The news?

Yes, reading the latest Tom Clancey on me kindle...

[Old Greg]

I agree with the op.

Some of these shrill individuals are small minded geeky types who haven't got a clue what it's like to be climbing the walls with boredom.

I'm only in this game for the money. I can just about stomach being sat in an office in the vicinity of fog horned mouthed women ( not unlike a female poster on here) if I'm actively engaged in an interesting project.

The boredom that results from sSitting round with absolutely tap all to do is actually heightened by, as someone suggested, reading up on some new technology in which I don't actually have much interest because I'm not a geek.

I am not at all geeky - not a coder or anything technical but I fancied doing a bit of web design so it's a great opportunity at the moment to learn it at work while being paid.

If that's not for you, fair enough. But have you no interest in reading anything at all? Novels? The news?

[sasguru]

I agree with the op.

Some of these shrill individuals are small minded geeky types who haven't got a clue what it's like to be climbing the walls with boredom.

I'm only in this game for the money. I can just about stomach being sat in an office in the vicinity of fog horned mouthed women ( not unlike a female poster on here) if I'm actively engaged in an interesting project.

The boredom that results from sSitting round with absolutely tap all to do is actually heightened by, as someone suggested, reading up on some new technology in which I don't actually have much interest because I'm not a geek

If you want money there are better jobs than IT, like law, medicine, banking.
Only the best in our industry earn similar wages; they tend to be passionate about what they do.
So you're doing a job you have no interest in for average money.
That makes you a pitiable imbecile.

[zoco]

I agree with the op.

Some of these shrill individuals are small minded geeky types who haven't got a clue what it's like to be climbing the walls with boredom.

I'm only in this game for the money. I can just about stomach being sat in an office in the vicinity of fog horned mouthed women ( not unlike a female poster on here) if I'm actively engaged in an interesting project.

The boredom that results from sSitting round with absolutely tap all to do is actually heightened by, as someone suggested, reading up on some new technology in which I don't actually have much interest because I'm not a geek.

[sasguru]

Of course I disagree.

Nobody does exactly the same as Sas. Sas does not think that everyone apart from him is an imbecile.

You're only confusing him. Logic isn't his strong point.

[Old Greg]

I was making an empirical observation. Do you disagree with it?

Of course I disagree.

Nobody does exactly the same as Sas. Sas does not think that everyone apart from him is an imbecile.

[sasguru]

I don't do low-level coding and I don't work 9-5. I very deliberately designed myself a life where I am a work-from-home contractor with about 3 days' work a week so that I could focus on building a business and NOT be a wage slave. I got to that point about 5 years before you did.

Not really. I've been doing this lark for > 20 years.
Occasionally I have taken a permie job when I need skills improvement/contact building/pension top up.
My last permie job involved even more free time than now and paid (taking pension, paid holiday etc into account) about the same as your average contractor.

[d000hg]

It's a nice sunny day - I'm going to sit on the patio and have a nice ice-cold lemonade.
I'm still billing though, my contract essentially is on-call consultancy, and at the moment I have nothing much to do.
Enjoy your low-level, soon-to-be bobbed, commoditised, 9-5 coding work.

HTH, BIDI.

I don't do low-level coding and I don't work 9-5. I very deliberately designed myself a life where I am a work-from-home contractor with about 3 days' work a week so that I could focus on building a business and NOT be a wage slave. I got to that point about 5 years before you did.

Oh and I also didn't have to go back to work after I retired because my life was so empty without work to fill it.

[sasguru]

A hooker's still a hooker even if they charge millions.

It's a nice sunny day - I'm going to sit on the patio and have a nice ice-cold lemonade.
I'm still billing though, my contract essentially is on-call consultancy, and at the moment I have nothing much to do.
Enjoy your low-level, soon-to-be bobbed, commoditised, 9-5 coding work.

HTH, BIDI.

[d000hg]

No I ran a team of wage-slaves, on a 6-figure salary.
That was a good role for building up my pension through free company contributions

A hooker's still a hooker even if they charge millions.