Especially when you first started, when you made the commitment to your career, and when you were in-between jobs searching.
Ask HN: How Many Hours Do You Code in a Day?
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#2Few at work, few at night if I don’t have other plans.
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#3Some days I don't code at all, some days I code 8-12 hours. For me, I find it hard to consistently coordinate between my academic efforts and coding projects.
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#4"Coding" per se is a bit hard to quantify, but I at least write, read, or review/look at code for (I'd guess a minimum of) 2 hours a day since I was like 14 (38 now). If I'm working on a project, I can write code for 6+ hours a day (especially if it's boilerplate or doesn't require much thought). If it's deeper, more work goes into the planning/architecting, and less in the actual coding.
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#5On average, I code for 8-10 hours a day. However, if the task is particularly challenging, it can extend to 14-16 hours
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#6On average, I code for 8-10 hours a day. However, if the task is particularly challenging, it can extend to 14-16 hours
Are you always busy? How do you manage tasks like writing documents, attending meetings, or learning new things?
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#7Could be anything from 8 to 24+ hours sessions (with some pauses) when I started, later in life settled on 5 hours a day when I work - that’s my peak time spent * value added mode. I avoid big pauses and chitchat cause that costs focus. I also avoid deadlines, except for “done; start it today” mode. I do code outside of “job”, but it’s hard to tell how much because it’s irregular and one-shot.
Recalling my long sessions when I was young, no value in these. I could spend many hours doing some nonsense just because I could. It was more like fiddling than coding and I’m not sure it was as demanding as real focused work. Pretty sure I can still fiddle all day and night, just without that much enthusiasm. I guess it helped with understanding fundamental things which turned out to be finite.
Night time is the best. Mornings I just sleep through, completely useless time for me. Probably due to ambient sounds.
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#8i work full time as a developer so... 2ish?
Re: Ask HN: How Many Hours Do You Code in a Day?
#9Could be anything from 8 to 24+ hours sessions (with some pauses) when I started, later in life settled on 5 hours a day when I work - that’s my peak time spent * value added mode. I avoid big pauses and chitchat cause that costs focus. I also avoid deadlines, except for “done; start it today” mode. I do code outside of “job”, but it’s hard to tell how much because it’s irregular and one-shot. Recalling my long sessi…
> 24+ hours
I'm impressed that you manage to code for more than 24 hours in one day.
(Yes, I know what you meant. It just seemed funny.)
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#102h. The rest of the time is spent thinking.