Ask HN: You have one hour left to work, how do you decide what to work on?

#1

Post by gillyb » Thu, Jun 07, 2018, 11:44 AM UTC

This interests me specifically for developers/programmers. If you realize you have one hour left in the day to work (before heading home or going to sleep), how do you decide what to work on? and how much do you think you can get done?

(assuming you're not in the middle of something at the moment)

Re: Ask HN: You have one hour left to work, how do you decide what to work on?

#2

Post by WarrenOF » Thu, Jun 07, 2018, 11:54 AM UTC

Not a pure dev (I'm a founder so get spread over lots of tasks), but I generally use my last hour of work for planning and setting up for the next block of work. Purely from a mental health perspective, I find it much easier to relax once my task list is prioritized, tabs are closed and my inbox is reduced.

Re: Ask HN: You have one hour left to work, how do you decide what to work on?

#3

Post by gillyb » Thu, Jun 07, 2018, 12:06 PM UTC

WarrenOF wrote: post #2

Not a pure dev (I'm a founder so get spread over lots of tasks), but I generally use my last hour of work for planning and setting up for the next block of work. Purely from a mental health perspective, I find it much easier to relax once my task list is prioritized, tabs are closed and my inbox is reduced.

just out of curiosity - founder of what?

Re: Ask HN: You have one hour left to work, how do you decide what to work on?

#4

Post by WarrenOF » Thu, Jun 07, 2018, 3:51 PM UTC

gillyb wrote: post #3

WarrenOF wrote: post #2

Not a pure dev (I'm a founder so get spread over lots of tasks), but I generally use my last hour of work for planning and setting up for the next block of work. Purely from a mental health perspective, I find it much easier to relax once my task list is prioritized, tabs are closed and my inbox is reduced.

just out of curiosity - founder of what?

www.nudjed.com we're a health/gov-tech company. Predominantly working with the NHS in the UK. Around for 5 years, raised £700k. Not your typical SaaS business, more hybrid consulting, due to the clients, we work with.

Re: Ask HN: You have one hour left to work, how do you decide what to work on?

#5

Post by slipwalker » Fri, Jun 08, 2018, 7:17 PM UTC

on this situation right now: spend time on toilet, coffee or HN, try to keep my head down until clocking out.

Re: Ask HN: You have one hour left to work, how do you decide what to work on?

#6

Post by whatsstolat » Sat, Jun 09, 2018, 2:16 AM UTC

With the trend for logging hours and reporting, I better get onto the next jira ticket