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How many hours are you productive per week and per day?

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Re: How many hours are you productive per week and per day?

#17
I find that my productivity goes down 90 minutes into a task. However, a 15-20 minute break does the trick and I find myself productive once again. The trick is to weed out the distractions (especially if you work from home) - TV, family, news/shopping sites, HN...

Re: How many hours are you productive per week and per day?

#19
At my dayjob I'm productive for around 7,5 hours per day (I work 8 hours per day) which is incredible in my opinion. Then I put in some more freelancing hours when I get home, usually around 2 hours per day.

I'm very bad at being productive when I work from home though. I could never work 8 hours per day when there are no colleagues around.

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