If getting the cert is part of your goals or part of your work, then you need to tell your boss you are willing to put in the work during business hours. Anything work related outside of business hours requires overtime pay.
If these certs are not part of your goals/work, then I would suggest talking with your boss about incorporating them in.
Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City is a very decent movie. It doesn’t deserve the hate it gets.
I like to ask folks what they do for fun, gives me a better general idea of who they are
For me it updates frequently and changes a lot of little things (like button placement, or defaults) that just don’t need to be updated.
I work in a fairly toxic work environment.
The reasons I do what the engineers are doing are,
A lot of times people will ask me questions and I give them answers. Then something will go wrong and it will somehow be my fault that I didn’t mention it to them (they didn’t ask, and I don’t know the specifics of what they are doing).
I have my own goals and projects for the year. Why should I give you a significant amount of my time when my salary/bonus will not reflect helping you in anyway.
Job security.
These might sound bad, but that is how it works in corporate America
Edit: It sounds like you need management on board with you before you can fully continue
Similar boat recently, talked to an FA and am now investing. Also got a life insurance policy and LTD policy just in case…
Wanting expensive designer clothes/accessories.
One, I hate spending money. Two, I’d worry about ruining them too much to ever want to wear/use them. Three, they just generally aren’t comfortable.
I would also say the people didn’t ask for Harris/Biden - the DNC just picked who they wanted