Poll: How much of your work time is typing code? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by megaman821 » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:38 PM UTC

joss82 wrote: post #6

megaman821 wrote: post #5

Easily less than 1%. The code is just the manifestation of the solution that I spent most my time coming up with. I am actually annoyed when I need to use Java because it triples my typing time compared to Python.

So, in the end, if it affects less than 1% of your time, language choice is not such a big deal for you, right?

Correct, although some languages fit my thinking better than others. Sometimes features are missing that can lead to really convoluted workarounds that would greatly increase the amount I need to type.

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by known » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:39 PM UTC

Its more of cut & paste now-a-days

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by gusi » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:39 PM UTC

kfir wrote: post #8

testbeta wrote: post #2

1% or even less!

if its less than 1% then why are you on this board?

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Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by pavel_lishin » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:41 PM UTC

I imagine this depends a lot on the sort of problems you're trying to solve.

Also, a lot of my code is experimental, or adding more logging to diagnose the problem - does it count if I erase half of the code I write at the end of the day?

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by dustingetz » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:41 PM UTC

megaman821 wrote: post #5

Easily less than 1%. The code is just the manifestation of the solution that I spent most my time coming up with. I am actually annoyed when I need to use Java because it triples my typing time compared to Python.

java doesn't just triple characters typed -- java changes the way you model the solution, most notably by making 'nouns' so easy and 'verbs' so hard. in fact, due to the 15% or whatever shown in this poll, i wonder if verbosity isn't really that big a deal. nor is VIM.

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by pavel_lishin » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:41 PM UTC

known wrote: post #12

Its more of cut & paste now-a-days

I just assemble a 3d rubik's cube in between trips down to the wine cellar.

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by JamesBlair » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:43 PM UTC

joss82 wrote: post #6

megaman821 wrote: post #5

Easily less than 1%. The code is just the manifestation of the solution that I spent most my time coming up with. I am actually annoyed when I need to use Java because it triples my typing time compared to Python.

So, in the end, if it affects less than 1% of your time, language choice is not such a big deal for you, right?

Alternatively, language choice is a big deal for him, as it has increased his productivity so he can focus on not-coding activities.

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by samg_ » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:47 PM UTC

Last week I spent 17.5 hours in MacVim, 7 hours in a shell, and 2 hours on Github. That's out of 42 total recorded hours. On a related note, I love RescueTime.

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by zobzu » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:49 PM UTC

25% and this seems to be the average for everyone so far.

I'm not happy about it. Meetings and decision making takes most of the time.

In theory that is ok, but in reality those meetings and decisions are actually very slow. I'm expert in my field and I know most of my decisions are the correct and best ones, however I have to explain it to others, and usually they come to the same conclusion as me - but it takes a week for that process.

I would like if at least 50% of the time was actual coding or setup or w/e kind of "actual work", because discussions don't make me feel like I'm progressing.

Re: Poll: How much of your work time is typing code?

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Post by bartonfink » Wed, Jul 27, 2011, 4:52 PM UTC

I think it really depends on what's filling the remainder of your time. If I'm working on something difficult, and I spend that time talking my thoughts over with someone else, that's going to feel great. If I have only trivial work to do, but meetings and other bureaucratic nonsense get in the way, I'm going to feel like shit.