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Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by alltakendamned »

Nikbul wrote: post #391

Wow, for a real change: Profession: Materials Processing Technician. (pyroelectric and optics) working for LCPG (Laser Components Pyro Group) 07:00 Alarm goes off, set it off for 30 min 07:30 Oh shit, I'm will be late! 08:00 Leave for work 08:30 Check in to work 08:30-09:00 Find out what's going on and what needed to be done. Ok, no set schedule of the day, but general duties are: -High vacuum deposition of NiCr and/…

I have no idea what most of this even means :-)

What kind of customers do you tend to work for, and what do they do with what you produce ?

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by Nikbul »

alltakendamned wrote: post #431
Nikbul wrote: post #391

Wow, for a real change: Profession: Materials Processing Technician. (pyroelectric and optics) working for LCPG (Laser Components Pyro Group) 07:00 Alarm goes off, set it off for 30 min 07:30 Oh shit, I'm will be late! 08:00 Leave for work 08:30 Check in to work 08:30-09:00 Find out what's going on and what needed to be done. Ok, no set schedule of the day, but general duties are: -High vacuum deposition of NiCr and/…

I have no idea what most of this even means :-) What kind of customers do you tend to work for, and what do they do with what you produce ?

Generally it is oil industry and gas analysis. Like flame detectors or CO2, methane, N2 detectors. All of our devices used there. Some devices include FTIR scanning machines.

https://simtronics.eu/flame-detectors/multiflame-dm-tv6-t#ap... 3 colored circles in the center is our detectors with filter configurations, 3 of them :)

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by o2l »

lemonsqueeze wrote: post #331

- wake up - grab espresso from resort cafe -catch up on emails, drinking espresso overlooking the carribean ocean - fix a quick bug in my queue. - go for a quick swim in the ocean, dress and make a green tea - code for 3 hours - swim in ocean again, eat something light - code for another 3 hours - call it a day and go hangout with women and read. - sleep and repeat

This is amazing!

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by verde »

AAKE wrote: post #393
verde wrote: post #125

Profession: Flight test engineer, full time, a huge organization you probably know... Workday (test days): -[5:00] Wake up, try to catch a shower, eat -[6:00] Prepare for the days test events -[7:00] Brief the team, test points, priorities, safety, etc... -[8:00] First flight period -[11:00] Debrief, eat lunch, prepare for second period -[13:00] Second flight period -[16:00] Shutdown flight ops -[16:30] Debrief with…

Sounds like a great job. Do you enjoy it?

Absolutely! It's a great mix of day to day problem solving and exploring the limits of the aircraft.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by lorenzorhoades »

Profession: Contracting Specialist in the USAF < 40 people Workday: - [06:30]: Alarm off - [06:48]: "Shit!" jump in the bed and sprint to the shower - [07:30]: being late is serious. Run into my building, and just beat my supervisor to her desk. - [08:00]: After coffee and email, build my task list for the day. Review anything thats on my desk, and get contracts reviewed that I need to solicit or award that day. - [10:00]: My day is pretty much finished. Read a book until 12:00 (on Read.amazon.com, i have to look busy) - [12:00]: Play some board game with Finance downstairs, grab some lunch and take a power nap in my truck. - [13:45]: Sit back at my desk, do any corrections that i have come across my desk in any of my contracts. - [14:30]: Read some more, HN, Code a side project, general bullshit. - [15:15]: Get dressed for PT, and go work out until 1700 and then go home.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by peelle »

Profession: Software Developer - full time, Remote from Asian metropolis, with a US based company I work 9hr days Mon-Thur, and 4 hours on Friday morning. A lot of my work is lone ranger type projects.

Typical Workday:

[09:00] Wake up, maybe shower, maybe just drink tea.

[09:30] Skype session with language teacher.

[10:00] Start work.

[11:30] Take 15 minutes for me. Maybe, skim HN, or practice a skill that has nothing to do with work or programming.

[13:00] Clock out. Go for a walk and have some lunch. Shower if I haven't done that yet.

[15:00] Work more, usually from a cafe.

[17:00] Clock out, have some fun, eat some dinner, go home.

[19:00] Clock in, it is now 6AM at the home office. No one bothers me until 8-9am.

[20:00] Take a 15 min break, usually give my wife some attention. Do a house chore, or chit chat.

[20:30] Check in with the upper echelon. Sometimes it is just an IM giving a status update, other times it is a meeting going over the beginning or end of a project.

[23:00] Clock out. Go get a massage, or late night snack. Work on personal project etc.

[01:00] Go to sleep.

Probably once a week I cut out that 1pm-3pm break, so I can have a longer afternoon break. Those days, I'll see a movie or have something planned with friends in the afternoon.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by le-mark »

noisy_boy wrote: post #107

My realization from this post - basically everybody else is working harder than me.

Same here, I've been in software for 15 years, and I don't do shit. I code on average an hour a day. Some weeks not at all, some days I'll put in 6 hours, for a deadline or whatever. Wtf is wrong with these people?

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by majewsky »

majewsky wrote: post #341
vorpalhex wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you seeing a lot of benefit from daily meditation? Does having it be firmly scheduled help it become a regular habit?

It's certainly a project that spans more than one month. Right now, it's still sort of explanatory: I'm getting to know various states that my mind can apparently enter.

Urgh, I meant "exploratory". :|

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by fratlas »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #423
fratlas wrote: post #409

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A little bit OT, but how much does a CTO pull in at that size company?

Really off topic but I don't mind. Sorry for the delay response. I wasn't checking in on this thread. In general, about the same amount as a senior software engineer at a larger company and significant stock options (1-2% for late stage, 5%+ for early stage, much more for co-founder).

Cool, thanks for being open about it. About what I was expecting.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by kzisme »

solidr53 wrote: post #97

Profession: Software Engineer - Full time, On-Site, Live in Brooklyn, Work in NYC, 15-20min commute so workday is like: - [06:30] First alarm - [07:00] Pre-workout, Smoothie, Workout clothes - [07:40] Walk 15-min to a CrossFit box with my wife - [08:00] Workout, 1-hour, wife usually beats me in WOD - [09:00] Walk 15-min back home - [09:15] Shower, get dressed, protein or breakfast - [09:40] Put up my QC35 and silentl…

How much do you like the QC35s? I've been wanting a pair for awhile, but have been hesitant to pull the trigger.
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