is this blog post satire?
I was expecting the same.. read to the end.. nothing. Jesus, that is not healthy. Maybe he should try going outside and socialising instead, the boost to productivity will more than negate the time "lost".
How to Survive 80+ Hours of Programming Every Week
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Maybe some of us aren't cut out for it? There are definitely weeks when I spend almost 80 hours at my home office computer. My family doesn't really like these periods, but I rarely get headaches and have never experienced joint pain. (I'm almost 40)
I really hate to walk away when I'm on a roll, my mind is really in the moment and has a list of to-dos that is 100 items long. If they are floating around in my head, it does interfere with sleep. I keep graph-paper notebooks with sewn bindings, which have a bit of permanence, and pick up a pen and get them out of my mind so I can close the day.
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#13Is it only me who thinks that actually typing the code takes the least amount of time from all of the activities required for software engineering?
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#14is this blog post satire?
Nope. Just a bunch of tips for anyone else who works long hours in front of a computer.
alright, I just got the thought when reading about elbow protectors.
I would caution with giving advice for taking vitamins and other supplements as a non-MD. Medical advice based on a sample size of N=1 is not a good idea. Apart from clear harmful vitamin deficiencies, studies show mixed results on the benefits of vitamins supplements.
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#15You can't. Eventually it will do you in. When I was 29 I spent 4.5 months coding 100 per week and once we shipped I wound up in the hospital. Never again.
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#16Is it only me who thinks that actually typing the code takes the least amount of time from all of the activities required for software engineering?
I think early in your career as a programmer you spend a lot of time researching, and then as you gain more experience and learn more about the languages, tools, etc. you're working with you end up spending more time writing code and less having to read S.O. answers :)
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#17You can't. Eventually it will do you in. When I was 29 I spent 4.5 months coding 100 per week and once we shipped I wound up in the hospital. Never again.
I've been doing this for 11 months and still going strong. I'm still getting a reasonable amount of sleep every night (about 6 hours) which I'm sure helps, and I make sure to recover when I need to.
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#19I think that this type of excessive 'hero' attitude is not without risks mostly to your overall mental health. Also, no mention is made of physical exercise ... I am worried for you lil' fella ...
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#20Falling asleep in less than 10 minutes is a strong sign that you have a chronic sleep deficit.
A chronic sleep deficit significantly impacts your mental abilities. So in other words, you may be working long hours, but they are very likely to be much less effective hours than if you were getting a proper night's sleep every night.