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Ask HN: Are you programming on your holidays?

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Re: Ask HN: Are you programming on your holidays?

#31
Yes! I have been listening to a load of podcasts a few of which make me extremely worried someone is onto my idea so I'm coding like mad.

However, looking at it objectively, I think to pull off the execution of this project it will probably take 1-2 months of fulltime work. Anyone know where I can get, say, a hundred grand to help me start a business... If only.

:-)

Re: Ask HN: Are you programming on your holidays?

#38
Opposite to everyone here - it's a big, fat no from me. I'm taking the 10 days to spend time with my family and finish some books. I'm always on the feeds and seeing what's happening, but it is, in my opinion, very important to down the tools and have a break. It's the same reason I don't code on vacation.

Re: Ask HN: Are you programming on your holidays?

#39
Selection bias, many enthusiastic "Yes" replies here, but consider those who are offline/vacation aren't here to reply "No".

For your productivity and health, it's important to unplug and enjoy holidays - http://qz.com/485226/this-is-what-365-days-without-a-vacatio...

For those that replied "Yes" wonder if the majority are from the United States, being it's the only "Rich Country" that does not require employers to provide paid vacation time - http://cepr.net/publications/reports/no-vacation-nation-2013

Re: Ask HN: Are you programming on your holidays?

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Very much so. As a student, I have found that it is much easier to focus on my large personal projects in between terms, when I don't have homework and/or lectures every day to interrupt my coding sessions[1]. Edit: As for what I am building, I am working on a graphics editor written in Common Lisp, partially as a way to verify others' claims about Lisp's efficiency, and partially to see for myself how difficult it i…

Where do you go?

Portland State University[1], with a major in electrical engineering. PSU is, in general, not a very interesting college, with the exception of TheCAT[2]. TheCAT is, essentially, a small bastion for hackers of all types to gather together and work on various projects (incidentally providing IT support services for the MCECS college), and has been by far the most interesting part of PSU for me.

[1]: http://www.pdx.edu/ [2]: https://cat.pdx.edu/thecat.html

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