Sleep quality and stress level matter more than languages or practices
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#2Definitely strikes a chard in me - I've completely stopped coding when I'm tired as it has often led to disasters. I've just learned to live this limitation but its not been too hard.
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#3Definitely strikes a chard in me - I've completely stopped coding when I'm tired as it has often led to disasters. I've just learned to live this limitation but its not been too hard.
I read here recently, "For a time, I worked 12 hour days. I'd spend the first 4 hours of the day fixing mistakes I made in the last 4 hours the previous evening."
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#4I’ve been wondering about this WRT the 969 policy at companies in China.
Why did they not immediately see a drop in productivity when implemented?
Is China’s software industry making itself less competitive by not letting its workers sleep enough?
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#5I’ve been wondering about this WRT the 969 policy at companies in China. Why did they not immediately see a drop in productivity when implemented? Is China’s software industry making itself less competitive by not letting its workers sleep enough?
Because they don't care about the afterfall. They have an expendable work force and bribes to work around penalties.
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#6Yes, this comes up often. I think it is difficult to be disciplined about it. To catch yourself when you are not well rested and act accordingly.
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#7Duh.
Then again, this is not repeated enough! Moreover, I have the idea that companies don’t know, they should.
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#8I’ve been wondering about this WRT the 969 policy at companies in China. Why did they not immediately see a drop in productivity when implemented? Is China’s software industry making itself less competitive by not letting its workers sleep enough?
There's no drop in productivity if you don't care about quality.
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#9And this is why I fucking quit my last job.
Rot in hell you fucking pieces of shit.
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#10The book ‘Why we Sleep’ has a lot of the detail on how sleep (or the lack of) impacts you.