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I'd love to work on side projects, but something always comes up - WIFE. 
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I used to code a lot on vacation.
Actually I took vacations to code, usually to deal with a new technology or work on my own projects.
Now I code a lot less on vacation but still I usually take a bit of time to try that edge tech thing that just came out... 
No code at all, and usually not even a laptop is on those palm tree and long chair kind of vacation.
There is where I do my detox isolation therapy trying to touch as little as possible anything that has a screen (phone included).
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They didn't pay me to work in holidays, but to do other things.
Hence, as soon as my boss found out what my mobile number was, I changed it...if he provides the mobile, he can call it. If he provides the holiday, he can ruin it.
But if I pay for the phone, or I pay for the holiday, he can go forth and multiply...my time is my time.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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What I do only I can do here, no-one else has anywhere near the knowledge or skills.
So if something that stops the business working comes up when I'm on holiday I make myself available.
If I don't do this then they might start to seriously question why they have allowed themselves to get in this position and that will lessen the strength of my bargaining ability with them.
When I went to Lanzarote last year they paid my wifi bill at the hotel if I took my laptop with me. I didn't hear from them once.
I don't think I've ever had to actually logon whilst on holiday, although I did have to spend about half an hour on the phone talking someone through stuff in the car park of Paignton Zoo last summer.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I was going on a Caribbean cruise and my boss insisted I take the company provided cell phone with me and keep it charged and ready the entire time - which I scrupulously did - even taking a photograph of it plugged in and powered up in my cabin. I failed to mention to him that, at that time (this was back in the last millenium), there were no cell towers in the middle of the ocean so most of the time there was no signal! (I was about to say there were no bars but there actually were plenty of bars on that ship!)
On top of that he insisted on having the ship's ship-to-shore telephone number. This was fine except the cruise was switched to an identical sister ship at the last minute so he had the wrong number.
It was a very peaceful cruise - apart from the storm.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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There should be an other option. As personally I only code while on holiday for personal gains / learning
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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But I do not take incoming calls when on holidays.
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If money is your hope for independence, you cannot reach it.
Being loved gives you strength,
while loving gives you courage.
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But the thing is that nobody actually thanks you properly for sacrificing yourself and your free time. The very best you will get with a good employer is time or monetary compensation for your efforts. In the worst case scenario with particularly psychopathic employers, they'll actually take this to mean you'll always put work first and it will subsequently be expected of you each and every time.
You are your own most precious resource, if you deplete yourself or break yourself beyond repair because you've not stood up for yourself you only have yourself to blame. There's nothing wrong in saying no, the managers will have to deal with it, that's their job. It's your job to look after yourself, nobody else will do it for you.
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In our organization our customers are working when we are on holidays, if there are any urgent fixes then I need to rush to office and resolve them.
But if I am out of city then my replacement does same task. So ultimately, "If there are some urgent fixes, then come to office and resolve them, AS CUSTOMER is GOD"
Rating always..... WELCOME
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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They aren't. They really aren't. Trust me on this.
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Quote: Soemtimes, depends how I feel
Should be...
Quote: Sometimes, depends how I feel
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Not necessarily
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If money is your hope for independence, you cannot reach it.
Being loved gives you strength,
while loving gives you courage.
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then it must be "coem" 
code sung like a song
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL.
I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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'soem' better describes weekend coding
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That was done in a hurry to leave for weekend.
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Sounds like soemthing Inspector Clouseau would say.
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I have not seen any movies of the Inspector. But I will watch.
How is the character?
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I suggest that you see the original played by the late Peter Sellars. He pronounces 'bomb' 'boemb'.
The first film was called 'The Pink Panther' and was made in the early sixties.
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Okay. Thanks. I will watch that. 
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That would be an emergency bug fix. 
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Yeah might be, else BOB was busy playing with Hamsters, so he missed this and it got published.
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Time off from work is a good time to write articles and work on personal projects.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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