Timeline for My manager said I spend too much time on Stack Exchange. How can I prove its value?
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| Nov 4, 2016 at 12:32 | comment | added | Luaan | @Falco Again, that's a decision for your manager. If you have a great manager, he will most likely give you all the resources you need to be effective. But that doesn't mean he'd want you to read about origami while you're getting up to speed on node.js (yes, even that can have tangible benefits, but again - up to your manager, not you). | |
| Nov 4, 2016 at 9:58 | comment | added | Falco | @Luaan - if I have to work with a new framework I will probably spend some days just reading books at work. And I wont read this books in my free time, just like I won't visit work related seminars in my vacation time. | |
| Nov 3, 2016 at 17:27 | comment | added | O. R. Mapper | @jmoreno: I think what you describe is a legitimate use of SO during work time - but, admittedly, at least in my experience, only a smaller fraction of answers/comments match the description of "documenting an issue". Be careful with statements such as "making it easier to find and solve for the next guy is useful", as "the next guy" can easily be your direct competitor. | |
| Nov 3, 2016 at 11:12 | comment | added | Luaan | @Konerak That's a decision for your manager, though. Just because a resource wouldn't be available without an investment doesn't mean that the benefits of the resource warrant the investment. If you can convince your manager that contributing to SE is to his net benefit, all the more power to you (and I have been able to do exactly that on multiple occasions). But saying "if people don't do it, the resource will disappear" is utterly worthless. In fact, even just saying that it helps you do your work better isn't quite enough - or do you think it would be fine if I just read books all workday? | |
| Nov 3, 2016 at 10:27 | comment | added | David Richerby | @Konerak The site doesn't cease to exist if people read answers at work and write them at home, which is what the answer implicitly suggests. | |
| Nov 3, 2016 at 7:35 | comment | added | Konerak | I disagree. If you only look up answers but don't provide answers, the site ceases to exist. You justify this by pointing out this is a community where people get answers and provide answers: your employer can't only take but not give. You have a problem you can't solve, but can solve some else's: it's a trade. You solve theirs, they'll solve yours. | |
| S Nov 3, 2016 at 1:04 | history | suggested | kettlecrab | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 2, 2016 at 18:39 | history | answered | user30031 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |