I’m a full time software engineer and it depends for me. Some weeks I’ll work 30-35 and others I’ll work 45-50, depending upon what projects are in flight and at what stage we are at in the project. I don’t mind the weeks where I’m working a little longer as my job is well-paid and flexible where I’m able to “leave” (I work from home) early for the day fairly often when I feel I’m at a good stopping point.
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#12It depends. Do what works for you. How productive do you feel? There is no right answer.
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#13Plan for 35 hours a week, but expect to work 80 hours a week periodically. Averages out around 45 hours.
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#1420, though I am recently unemployed. :)
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#15My work week is generally 30 hours or so, which provides me more than enough to provide for both myself and another, as well as excess for savings. If you're working that long, I feel the other parts of your life may be suffering. Do you have a fixed time contract or are you contracting?
Fix employment and yeah it's a strain on my marriage. The business is going through a transition and needs some help. I'm doing what I can. It's just been a few months now and I've seen it at previous jobs. I don't mind a little extra here and there but I'm not sure if I should push back on work or on my wife's expectations of me being home more
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#16Used to work (IT, game/web development) 40h max a week. And could barely handle it. As I grow older (33) the tolerance is going down. My body asks for more exercise and less sitting (or standing doesn't matter) hours. So 40h a week is too much now. I'm at 25-30h tops. So I try to make the most with that time. Of course I must say that I have a condition, since I was a kid, that makes me feel terrible if I sit for too long (more than normal). Circulation or something. My pressure goes way down I guess when I'm concentrated (going to the movies was hell). So I learned to be effective and do a lot in less time. I now only work at home. Thank god. My goal is to work 3, 4 hours a day tops.
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#17I aim for four chunks of pomodoros per day, split in two sets by a long two hour lunch (plus gym some days). So that’s about 8.66 hours of focused work time per day.
But in reality I miss about 1-2 pomodoros every day due to unforeseen events, procrastination, latenesss and so on.
I work mostly 5 days per week, but sometimes I’ll work on Saturday too if I’m feeling good that day and nothing else better to do.
I’m a freelancer and building my own product.
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#1840 maybe.
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#19Used to work (IT, game/web development) 40h max a week. And could barely handle it. As I grow older (33) the tolerance is going down. My body asks for more exercise and less sitting (or standing doesn't matter) hours. So 40h a week is too much now. I'm at 25-30h tops. So I try to make the most with that time. Of course I must say that I have a condition, since I was a kid, that makes me feel terrible if I sit for too…
Can you elaborate on how you learned to be that effective? I’d much rather work less, but I find I can’t get work done in 40 hours, and my coworkers doing the same work can. I often need to put in some extra hours here and there.
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#20How many hours does it take?