geeko

However there's one general thing which bugs me about work life: During my uni time, I always found time to study beyond the "required stuff" (i.e. to pass the exam) and focus on the fun part (aka. study for f's sake). Looking back over the last year, I haven't been able to read any scientific book, learn a new programming language, read any fundamental papers nor any published specification of my field. It just feels like there's no time for things which are important but not urgent and instantly useful.

I assume this problem doesn't only apply to people in a big corporation but even more so for people in a startup, where time is scarce and execution is king.

How do HN people organize their time in this regard? How much time do you spend in actively learning fundamentals vs. time spent on building stuff?