Does anyone take the risk to work on private projects from workplace?
byoung2: You could try some of the techniques in Tim Ferriss's 4 Hour Workweek.  Basically it involves negotiating a deal to work from home 1 day a week to start, and eventually fulltime.  Make sure you are more efficient on this day off than the other 4 days.  He suggests hiring a virtual private assistant to handle the more trivial aspects of your job, for a few dollars an hour.While you are "working from home" you can work on your side projects.  Even if you don't hire a virtual assistant, you'll save plenty of time without the distractions of work (water cooler talk, commute time, etc), that you should have an extra 10-20 hours a week.