sparetime

Finding the time to program in your spare time?

I've got about a dozen programming projects bouncing about my head, and I'd love to contribute to some open source projects, the problem I have is that having spent the entire day staring at Visual Studio and or Eclipse (Sometimes both at the same time...) the last thing I feel like doing when I go home is program. How do you build up t...

Finding the motivation for doing spare time projects

I believe that spare time programming projects are an important way to improve my skills as a developer, but lately I've been having troubles finding the motivation to work on them. I used to have at least 2-3 projects going on at all times, but then I got a job in the industry... Don't get me wrong - I love working as a programmer, and...

What should I write in order to become a better developer?

I tend to finish my work related tasks pretty quickly, and I get to have some free time on my hands. What should I write in order to become a better developer ? I'm familiar with c++/java/perl/python/ruby. I wrote the following stuff on my own: simple web server simple web clients (different languages) DSLs, internal and external some...

Work programming vs spare time programming

Possible Duplicate: Finding the time to program in your spare time? Question is simple: how to find time for a side programming? I work full time as a developer for a company developing their product, but in parallel I have my own ideas and projects, which I would like to develop. I have 1-2 hours after work to spend on the si...