私活

Spec work is a hotly debated topic in the design industry, and we won’t get into it here.

做私活是在设计界倍受争议的一个话题，我们并不打算在这展开讨论。

I wrote fiction, then a blog, alongside a day job, and I started out freelancing while still working full-time.

我做全职工作的时候，一边写小说，再后来写博客，还一边工作一边接私活。

Some argue that spec work is good for novice designers with little experience, but you can lose time and work by participating in crowd-sourcing contests.

一些人认为做私活对于那些经验不足的新手来说是一件好事，但是参加一些很多人竞标的比赛会耗时耗力。

´ But he has also learned to love the´productive downtime´ of meetings to make his own to-do lists.

但他也学会爱上开会这种“可以开小差”的时机来干“私活”。

No one in this workshop uses work hours to do private jobs.

这个车间里没有人利用上班时间干私活。