Are you learning anything over the holidays to benefit your return to work?

[Pankratous]

Yo.

Just curious, really. I'm learning vbscript over the holidays to help me in my job. It's not a mandatory thing for me to know (especially since I'm already versed in PowerShell and would use that instead) but a few of my colleagues use vbscript and at the moment I can only really read it, not fully understand and edit it. It'd be good to be as in-the-know for that language as they are.

I'm off for more than two weeks so easily enough time to get fully up to speed on it.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

I'm learning how much wine I can drink and still function at work the next day.

 

[danowat]

God no, I'll forget about work the minute I leave the building, and start thinking about it again when I walk through the door in January.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

God no, I'll forget about work the minute I leave the building, and start thinking about it again when I walk through the door in January.

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This.

Are they paying me to do it? Then I’ll do some classes from home. Otherwise, get fucked. My time is my time.

 

[ArtTeitlebaum]

I'm learning methods to end this capitalistic nightmare that's pressuring workers into the constant feeling they should have to optimize themselves to be more efficient in their jobs.

 

[skipgo]

Learning about commitment, I haven't commited to sleeping this profusely in years.

 

[tangeu]

I'm learning about work life balance and the value of time not dedicated to work or the progress thereof.

 

[Doomshroom]

ofcourse not.

 

[PlayALLTheGames]

I do enough e-learning shit throughout the year that I ain't spending my break doing more of it. On the 29th my gf and I leave for the Caribbean for 2 weeks and it's all pleasure. Love my job and my coworkers but FUCK work.

 

[horsebite]

For the past two months, I've been taking a MOOC to learn Python coding and data science in the hopes to make a career change. In January I start a master's program in data science! I wrap up this MOOC this week, and It's awesome and I love what I've learned and I love doing it! I just hope I can get a job with what I know sooner, rather than later, because as it stands, I'm due to be unemployed on Jan 1 at my current position. :(

 

[Jegriva]

Fuck no. Let me enjoy my family.

 

[Enthus]

Why would I do that to myself?

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Why in the world would I think about work on my time off over the holidays?

 

[5taquitos]

Am I getting paid holiday time to learn how to work better?

Lol no fuck off

 

[Trouble]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

fuck no

 

[sphagnum]

Jesus Christ, pure ideology. Capitalism infects everything.

 

[Matsukaze]

Jesus, no. This is my free time. The holidays are all about family and fun. Work can fuck off.

 

[PuppetMinion]

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But more seriously, I try to keep an healthy work/life balance, so no.

 

[sersteven]

Yes, thank you, company overlords, for deigning to give me some off time.

I shall repay this deed 10 fold and dedicate all my waking time to improving your bottom line so that one day, you can replace me with a robot.

Merry Christmas.

 

[Video Games Are Dumb]

I'm trying to learn how to access twitter around a firewall.
So close. So very close.

 

[Messofanego]

I've been reading a gestalt counselling in action book as part of counselling training. It's not as dry as others are saying.

 

[Grimsen]

LOL no. I like my job well enough, but i will not be thinking about it at all during my 2-week break. I don't get paid enough for that.

 

[Apharmd]

Why would I learn something for work over my holiday instead of enjoying my time off of work?

I'm learning how much wine I can drink and still function at work the next day.

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Replace wine with vodka and this is me.

 

[Torpedo Vegas]

 

[bossmonkey]

I get christmas eve and christmas day so no I'm not thinking about work on those days.

 

[Lost Lemurian]

I get christmas eve and christmas day so no I'm not thinking about work on those days.

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Same. Extended Christmas breaks ended when I got a job.

 

[Ananasas]

My job is to learn thing and implement them, so always, but only on job time.

 

[Mr.F]

Im hoping to get some personal projects off the ground to start building a portfolio again and maybe pivot to a new job in 2020 (or return to freelance).

I would normally just want to fuck off and chill out for the holiday but I wanna kind of get back into creating stuff for myself and having more fun with it.

 

[Xun]

Working on my portfolio in the hopes of finally getting a new job in the new year.

 

[Shadybiz]

Does sprucing up my resume in order to apply for other positions at my company count? If not, then no.

I'm learning how much wine I can drink and still function at work the next day.

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Replace wine with vodka and this is me.

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Replace wine and vodka with IPAs and bourbon, and this is me.

 

[Fizzgig]

I finish in an hour and that's me until the 6th January. Will not be thinking about work at all.

 

[Aranjah]

I guess that depends on if my employer considers extremely mediocre drumming beneficial to me, a programmer.

 

[KiKaL]

Yep, learning C#. However, this Friday is my last day at my current job and in January I will be starting a job where I will be using C#. I have been doing development for close to 10 years now so switching languages isn't a big deal, just want to to not go in totally green.

 

[skies_]

Lol damn, I was planning on finishing some coding courses but ya'll got me feeling like that's the last thing I need to be doing

 

[Jindrax]

I'm learning how much wine I can drink and still function at work the next day.

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good man

 

[disillusion386]

Yea, I'll be on vacation for two weeks after Christmas. I plan on reading some management books and employee retention.

 

[ascii42]

Wasn’t planning on it, but I should probably do some continuing education for my CISSP cert.

 

[Sai]

lmao why would anyone do this

 

[Nitori]

I work retail. I get Christmas off and that’s it. I’m trying very hard to get a job that gives me two weeks off for the holidays, though.

 

[B4mv]

You're in an IT position where you get 2 weeks off for the holidays? I'm lucky to not be on call and actually get to enjoy my Christmas and New Year's Days in peace lol

 

[djplaeskool]

Will be digging into some MCSA/MCSE Core Infrastructure cert prep materials for Windows Server and Office 365.

You're in an IT position where you get 2 weeks off for the holidays? I'm lucky to not be on call and actually get to enjoy my Christmas and New Year's Days in peace lol

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lmao
I had on-call for Christmas last year, and Thanksgiving the year before that, so my boss went out of his way to move me completely out of the holiday rotations this year.

 

[Chopchop]

I plan to rest enough to learn how to function as a human being again.

 

[Powdered Egg]

Unless you're working for yourself you're wasting your time. Enjoy your holidays!

 

[KiKaL]

Unless you're working for yourself you're wasting your time. Enjoy your holidays!

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Why would self improvement or improving / learning a skillset for work advancement/improvement be a waste of time?

 

[SUBZERO-08]

Fuck no, if my work wants me to learn new skills they can pay me for my time spent learning them.

 

[deimosmasque]

Lol. Getting anything but Christmas Day off for the Holidays. No. I will be working right up to Christmas Eve and will be back the day after Christmas.

 

[Professor Beef]

Fuck that lmao

my time is for me only

 

[Pankratous]

You're in an IT position where you get 2 weeks off for the holidays? I'm lucky to not be on call and actually get to enjoy my Christmas and New Year's Days in peace lol

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I used a lot of annual leave, lol.

Should say - learning on the job is something I have very little time for which is why I need to do it on my own time.

 

[Skade]

Definitely.

Not.

I'm not learning shit when i work, you can bet i won't learn shit when i don't. Vacations are for being cut away from work, not make sure you work better.

 

[B4mv]

That makes more sense. I'm given 8 days of time a year for training, took a VMware course in October, but that was more of a refresher/get a cert course