4-6 hours per day on both Saturday and Sunday, sometimes more.
I am trying to learn as much as I can right now, and hoping to one day start my own company or build my own app.
Ask HN: How many hours on the weekend do you actually perform on side projects?
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#12Depends how you define “side projects.” I spend about 4 hours each Sat/Sun morning playing and practicing guitar and singing, rest of the time studying up on CS concepts missed to try and fill in the gap with not having a degree in case they are ever needed though doing fine on the job without in-depth theory. If I had more of a social life out here might be a little different.
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#14On a good one 20hrs.
I sleep as less as possible on Fri & Sat, get about 6 hrs. 2 hrs additional on Fri, 6 hrs on Sat & Sun. Then get plenty of sleep on Sunday. I do house work, yard stuff, the usual run arounds and I've an infant. Where there is a will, there's a way.
On a bad one maybe 6 hrs.
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#15I spend 1-3 hours each day on side projects. Weekends make no difference.
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#160 The way I see it there are only a few reasons that I would ever do a side project. 1. To make more money now by freelancing. 2. To make more money in the future by learning new skills or heck at the point, just to keep up with the technology to stay employable. 3. A great idea that I think I can make money on. 4. For fun ---- Taking those reasons into account: 1. We make enough now to be comfortable and I'm not wil…
My gut feeling is most of us would be better off doing something completely different in our spare time, ideally something that doesn't involve sitting behind a keyboard.
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#17It all depends on who you hang out with.
I move countries a lot, and so my group of friends changes with every move. So something I've realized is that if I have a group of friends who are into getting shit done, such as active enterpreneurs, then I tend to put a lot more time into my free-time projects as well. Conversely, when I have friends who like to spend time watching movies and drinking beer (nothing wrong with that, in moderation), then I tend to get a lot less done.
So the answer really depends on the circumstances.
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#180 The way I see it there are only a few reasons that I would ever do a side project. 1. To make more money now by freelancing. 2. To make more money in the future by learning new skills or heck at the point, just to keep up with the technology to stay employable. 3. A great idea that I think I can make money on. 4. For fun ---- Taking those reasons into account: 1. We make enough now to be comfortable and I'm not wil…
My gut feeling is most of us would be better off doing something completely different in our spare time, ideally something that doesn't involve sitting behind a keyboard.
Your gut wants you to exercise and take hikes looking at green things every once in a while.
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#19None whatsoever. I'd rather read a book, go for a walk or learn to knit.
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#20I spend 4 hours every morning and 10 hours every weekend and have done it for 4 years now. 3-5 hours is hard, and there are days I don't feel it or am just struggling.
What I find is that if I am irritated with my day job, I do better side work. If I am irritated with my side job, my day job work quality is better. There's like this pendulum of me wanting to escape and I found harmony in having 2 things I generally like that also piss me off enough to oscillate back and forth between them. Occasionally I get delusions that my side project is on the verge of a breakout, and reality might smack me around into appreciating my day job more.
You could say I'm in a stable state of general productivity throughput, but the project that benefits varies.