How to Survive 80+ Hours of Programming Every Week
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#2Eye patches to reduce the headaches, wrist braces to help with the pain, etc...
It's probably best to avoid getting to this situation. At some point years from now, your body won't be happy if this continues.
In addition to a little more rest, you might want to take 10 of those hours a week and add a little voice recognition, for example, into your tool chest:
Re: How to Survive 80+ Hours of Programming Every Week
#3Eye patches to reduce the headaches, wrist braces to help with the pain, etc... It's probably best to avoid getting to this situation. At some point years from now, your body won't be happy if this continues. In addition to a little more rest, you might want to take 10 of those hours a week and add a little voice recognition, for example, into your tool chest: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html
Agreed. And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anyone should program this much. But I think some people are forced into this situation, especially in certain settings. My goal with this post is to provide a list of things that might help alleviate side effects.
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#4is this blog post satire?
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#5is this blog post satire?
Nope. Just a bunch of tips for anyone else who works long hours in front of a computer.
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#6Eye patches to reduce the headaches, wrist braces to help with the pain, etc... It's probably best to avoid getting to this situation. At some point years from now, your body won't be happy if this continues. In addition to a little more rest, you might want to take 10 of those hours a week and add a little voice recognition, for example, into your tool chest: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html
Agreed. And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anyone should program this much. But I think some people are forced into this situation, especially in certain settings. My goal with this post is to provide a list of things that might help alleviate side effects.
You should get a good mechanical keyboard. Cherry Browns or Blues. Reduces hand stress.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anyone should program this much. But I think some people are forced into this situation, especially in certain settings. My goal with this post is to provide a list of things that might help alleviate side effects.
You should get a good mechanical keyboard. Cherry Browns or Blues. Reduces hand stress.
Mmm, I have this one: http://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4-ultimate/ (blue)
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#8Eye patches to reduce the headaches, wrist braces to help with the pain, etc... It's probably best to avoid getting to this situation. At some point years from now, your body won't be happy if this continues. In addition to a little more rest, you might want to take 10 of those hours a week and add a little voice recognition, for example, into your tool chest: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/using_voice_to_code.html
Agreed. And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anyone should program this much. But I think some people are forced into this situation, especially in certain settings. My goal with this post is to provide a list of things that might help alleviate side effects.
Can it be put as, a list of ways to counter the signals that your body is trying to tell you to stop? I think survival would mean that you aren't killing yourself. While reading this, I kept asking myself if a medical doctor would agree with you. I think that it would take quite a bit of effort to find one that does.
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#9This is not sustainable, and not healthy. You're doing damage to your body that you won't have to deal with for some time but will come back to haunt you. This degree of work makes me wonder what your lack of concentration at times does in terms of code quality, security, ingenuity, etc... Working more does not translate into better work.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting anyone should program this much. But I think some people are forced into this situation, especially in certain settings. My goal with this post is to provide a list of things that might help alleviate side effects.
Can it be put as, a list of ways to counter the signals that your body is trying to tell you to stop? I think survival would mean that you aren't killing yourself. While reading this, I kept asking myself if a medical doctor would agree with you. I think that it would take quite a bit of effort to find one that does.
I am not a medical doctor, nor do I make any claims to be. I have simply found a few things that work in a specific case and am sharing them in hopes that others in similar situations might benefit.