self-directed

I work 8-5, happily self-directed, on stuff that I really enjoy and which - maybe - might eventually make a big difference in our world.

Self-conceived, self-directed, and done in addition to my regular job duties.

Relatedly, if you watch the social climbers, they don't do a lot of real work. If you get even passably good at their game, you can get by with a couple hours of focused effort and that leaves 5-6 for self-directed learning.

This is far and away the largest risk associated with self-directed retirement accounts.

Contrast that to online communities that are largely viewed as self-directed, voluntary organizations.

The solution is going to have to be more asynchronous than the typical university schooling model, but also more open and self-directed than most in-house corporate training.

I think that among us techies, who perhaps tend to be more intelligent and self-directed / motivated than average, 'strong' leadership may not be as necessary as among, for example, soldiers.

In practice this subtilely selects for people from higher socioeconomic backgrounds and/or people who have an "academic-oriented" learning style as opposed to an autodidact or self-directed learning style.