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Profession: Sales (software and hardware) at a massive IT conglomerate Day consists of sitting at a desk waiting for a customer to ask for something. Otherwise I play games and wait to get fired. Collect random commission checks and salary whenever possible
Profession: Firefighter - Full time Workday (kind of, nothing is typical at the firehouse): - [06:00]: Wake up - get dressed covertly and slip out of the house - [06:30] Arrive at the station - Get coffee! Find my "relief" which is the similarly ranked person on the off going shift. - run 911 calls - [07:30] Have "line up"; Where we discuss what drills we have planned, eat some breakfast... drink more coffee. Talk ab…
I'm an engineer at one of those YC companies. I begin my morning working on a priority-sorted list of tasks. Then at some point, a 25-year-old DMs me on Slack to do something urgent and fucks up my entire day/week.
Plot twist: you're 21
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4.0 - 4.5 hours of commuting every day? And I thought my 1.5 hours, 3 days per week was bad. I do not envy you.
I came to comment about that too. I use to drive 2 hours total a day. Absolutely terrible. I hope you can fix that in the near future!
For a different take: Management Consultant Workday: - 8 AM - Wake up, shower, shave, etc. - 8:30-9 AM - Ride the subway in to the office - 9-12 PM - Calls, meetings, data analysis, output creation (primarily in word, powerpoint, and excel) - 12-12:30 PM - Lunch (but this can shift around widely based on meetings) - 12:30-7 PM - Calls, meetings, data analysis, output creation (primarily in word, powerpoint, and excel…
How does one become a Management Consultant (and how much experience would one need to become one) ? Is it something you enjoy?
My level of enjoyment varies based on the cases I'm on. It's generally interesting, it's certainly fast-paced, and I very rarely count down the hours before I can leave work (there's no face-time policies). But after almost four years here, it can definitely get monotonous. Still, I've learned more than I would at almost any other job, and it's taught me a great work ethic, so I'm grateful for that.
[06:15] First alarm goes off;
[06:45] Finally wake up, get out of bed, shower, shave, make espresso for me and the wife
[07:15] out the door, 30 minute commute to office
[07:45] breakfast bagel at my work cafe
[08:00] arrive at desk, begin contemplating work -- work on something I procrastinated on the previous day so that I can have a good standup report
[9:00] everyone arrives at office, noise increases 10x, I am physically unable to concentrate anymore. Earplugs and noise-deadening headphones help some, but then having those on distracts me
[10:00 til 05:45 or 6:30 pm] Constant battling distractions, meetings, interruptions, and general work-related chaos, trying to somehow manage to squeeze in any actual developer work. Work proclaims how 'fun it is to work here! awesome! totes cool! We have so much cool stuff! Our culture is the best culture!'
Help me.
Software Developer. ~100 people org. Weekdays, wake up 6:45am. Shower, shave every other day. Take dogs outside. Have breakfast. Drive 25 minutes to work, make sure to be there before everyone else (guaranteed if before 8:30am). Read HN, LinkedIn, check email. Browse through development items, get stuff done. Have salad for lunch. Some more browsing and some more working. Leave 4:30pm. Drive ~30 minutes back home. Ge…
Why do you make sure to get there before everyone else? Is it that important to you that you be the first one in? Or is it another reason?
Running my own SaaS with 1 co-founder. Every day is different but in general: - 9:00: Arrive at the office after a 50 minutes commute. - Bookkeeping, coding, support, administration, legal and answering emails. - 11:00: Go the gym. - 13:00: Lunch. - 14:00: Rocket League. - 14:30: Same as #2. - 16:10: Take the train home. Even though the effective working hours in a normal day are few I do get a lot of stuff done duri…
E.g. Extremely focused, productive mornings for writing code, meaning no interruptions if possible followed by lunch until whenever, then afternoons are flex time for meetings/planning/whatever the business needs.
Profession: Web Developer, self employed working remote with startups and creative agencies. Workday: - [08:00] Wake up in a daze and make my wife and son tea and breakfast - [08:30] Shower, get dressed and ready - [09:15] After prepping water canister and tea caddy, head to garden office. - [09:30] Procrastinate - [14:00] Realise the work day is nearly over. Panic. Cram work in. - [17:00] Finish work, make son dinne…
3h of actual work sounds good