Are you all okay? Working from home?

andymc

andymc

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I'm trying to work from home, but have two sons, 5 and 2. It's okay when my wife is home, but they keep coming into the spare room where I work. So it's difficult. My evenings are gone now because I need to use them to catch up on work.

My wife is a nurse, caring for Covid-19 patients, so the whole day is gone when she is at work, I look after the boys, but can do nothing else. So very difficult to get any B4A coding done.

How are you all coping? Do any of you have lots of spare time and want to help me update my games???? (might be some money for you in it!)
 
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Welcome to responsible father-hood combined with the programmers life! That's not intended as a slight.

I went through this several years ago with 3 daughters separated 2 years apart. In that time, my partner and I built a successful software/hardware business and then sold it about 7 years ago for a nice retirement. My programming time for those 15 years was from 7pm to 2am and then as I could during the day. Tech support work was done between screams, playtime, fixing breakfast, lunch, dance and band practice, and more playtime.

I un-retired shortly after retiring because I got tired of waiting for my wife to retire and a project caught my eye and have developed another software development business without the kids. Guess when my programming time is? I don't do as much programming as managing a team of programmers, designers, database techs these days but I still get 8 hours in a day most days.

Enjoy the time you have with the kids at this age. Unless it's your full-time work/income, my humble suggestion (especially during this crisis) is to forget about your games.
 
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andymc said:
How are you all coping? Do any of you have lots of spare time and want to help me update my games???? (might be some money for you in it!)
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Hello again Andy.

I don't have much to cope with, am getting lots done, because out here its like a normal day for me - I live in a rural zone.

Oh yeah those were the days. Reading for a Master's degree, working on practical output to submit, a kid in the crib. Like @AHilton my brain is a 7pm to 2am beast and work started at 8. Can only empathise with you.

As to the update games part: don't know anything about game development, no experience at all, if I did would gladly offer to help (NO remuneration expected).

Sorry but that's just the way it is.

(CONSOLATION point : my one kid is about to turn 30 and still on my couch in my lounge gaming at night. . . Happy things to look forward to.....)
 
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