Man.. people are not getting enough sleep.
Ask HN: What's your working day like?
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Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?
#312Position: DevOps - full time, mostly in office, >500 employees in energy sector.
[06:00] Wake up when rooster starts crowing. Let dogs out, get wife coffee, shower, dress.
[07.00] Out the door, 30-minute 25-mile commute. I live in the country and the office is in the country so no traffic.
[07:30] At office. Get through security, grab breakfast taco, check email & overnight issues.
[09:00] 30-minute operations meeting to discuss and get awareness of issues and planned work affecting operations.
[09:30] Short standup with on-call team members to discuss any events/actions during past 24hrs.
[10:00 to 04:00] Mix between planned project work and issues. One hour for lunch somewhere in there. Short breaks as needed.
[04:00] Out the door to head home.
[06:00 - dark] After dinner, general work around the ranch, check and feed livestock.
[after hours] I'm on call for general production problems one out of every three weeks. I'm always on call for anything affecting power grid operation.
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#313Earlier quoted context omitted.
not a security engineer, but working at a large financial company a lot of these points hit especially 11:15 & 11:16 and 17:00 :))))
I don't get it - how can it matter that you make tons of money if you are not satisfied with your life? (legit question)
A life of constant hedonism isn't sustainable. Nothing wrong with sacrificing a few years to set yourself up for the next few decades.
Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?
#314Profession: Software "Engineer" [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 off…
When I left NetApp (single office) and joined Google (quad cube) it was quite a shock and very disorienting. However, since it was the way Google wanted to do things I practiced non-listening, which is to say keeping my focus on my screen and project and ignoring my ear inputs. Oddly the best tool for practicing was 'World of Warcraft' as it provided a continual level of required attention so it was easier to practic…
wait... did Google let you play WoW at work to practice this new arrangement?
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#315Profession: reverse engineer
Workday:
- wake up (09:30)
- go to work
- try to do something productive, but fail miserably, because I'm still asleep - so I fall back to reading tech blog posts (oldnewthing mostly, I love it) (till 13:00)
- eat something, feel better (13:00-14:00)
- waste half an hour doing random non-work stuff to get in the mood
- 14:30-17:30 -> peak brain activity: here's where the reversing happens
- 17:30 to 19:00 -> read mails, help colleagues, fix minor bugs, or anything that allows me to relax
- 19:00-21:00 -> go home, eat, have a small break, watch some shows
- 21:00 -> gym
- 22:00 -> dinner
- 23:00 -> HN, reddit, etc
- 00:00 -> sleep
I couldn't even begin to imagine arriving at work before 10AM. I have no idea how any of you do it.
Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?
#316Earlier quoted context omitted.
Legitimate question as it was also quite surprising for me to see a firefighter respond to an ask HN. Though op does have apps in the app store and tinkers with Python so this is their hobby I take it.
It's a weird idea that somehow only certain professions are deemed natural minglers in the HN crowd. I am a factory worker, truck driver, what have you - a real grunting morlock. Am I trespassing? Ought I confine my interest to topics not too far beyond my station, or what is it exactly you are implying here?
There was an Ask HN a while ago that pretty much asked "Why are you here?" that received a lot of responses. IIRC, there was a fire lookout and some other interesting jobs that stood out... You're certainly not trespassing. To me, HN is just a better-moderated Reddit. Makes sense that it'd attract pretty much anyone (with a bias towards tech).
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#317Full stack web developer in .NET. 5:25AM : Alarm goes off. 5:26AM : Make tea in microwave. 5:30AM : Study period where I learn new tech. 6:30AM : Make a double espresso. 6:35AM : Catch up on the tech news. Sometimes I play a short video game. 6:50AM : Personal hygiene. 7:05AM : Fresh eggs (from our chickens) over-easy on toast/bagel/English muffin. 7:20AM : My commute. Often in the summer it's 30 minutes and by bike.…
Purely curious: what's your sleep (quality, schedule) like?
I've recently begun waking up at 5:45am and have had a tough time adjusting. I find myself ready for bed at ~8pm more often than not.
Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?
#318Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for this. I'm a web developer, recent college grad. I freelance and travel a lot. It's cool, but I hate the work for the most part. I do lots of tiny UI tweaks and stuff every day. It's slowly killing me inside I think. The upside is I work from 'hpme' and can sleep in and have lots of freedom and stuff, but when it comes to work... It's destroying me. I have been living in Costa Rica for the past year and I'm…
> Some of the locals are living their dream. Less stress than me, 10x happier. It's incredible. I see this every day in West Africa. People spend huge time with their families, people build their own houses, and grow their own food. Sure, it can be hard manual labor, but certainly virtually everyone has money for a bottle of beer (or 10) every day. We have a lot to learn from the "undeveloped world"
this is EXACTLY my goal here ....pushing myself into getting started...
we CAN live comfortably without the gut wrenching feeling everyday ...for me it started with the garbage warrior... a house that provides all your energy, food, water, waste treatment... combine some of these excellent ideas with automation and ...your house takes care of you - only problem is - everyone doesn't have their own little chunk of dirt to build on...
Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?
#319Taco Bell Manager in a mall food court [0800] - Wake up, shower, eat breakfast. [0830] - Ride my bike to work since I lived close to the mall. [0850] - Unlock the store, turn on lights, turn on re-thermalizer, groan about how crappy the night shift cleaned. [0915] - Wonder why I still work at Taco Bell. Drop the previous days's, along with fresh, beef/chicken/steak in the re-thermalizer to be ready to serve at 1000.…
I'd be interested in hearing more about your journey from fast food to software development.
Grats on the life change!
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#320Profession: Farmer (growing wine and winemaker) - about 20 - 30 hrs week, owner, single employee (For the rest of my time I write software as a single contributor/freelancer) [6:30] Wake up, light breakfast [7:30 - 10:00] commute to the village where is my farm, there is no need to rush. I take tram to train station, get some coffee, read emails on train commute, then switch to bus, read some book, then 4 km walking…
Sounds awesome! How'd you fall into this lifestyle? Did you use capital from a previous career in Software to purchase the farm, or Family/Relative related?