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Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by Nikbul »

Wow, for a real change: Profession: Materials Processing Technician. (pyroelectric and optics)

working for LCPG (Laser Components Pyro Group) 07:00 Alarm goes off, set it off for 30 min

07:30 Oh shit, I'm will be late!

08:00 Leave for work

08:30 Check in to work

08:30-09:00 Find out what's going on and what needed to be done.

Ok, no set schedule of the day, but general duties are:

-High vacuum deposition of NiCr and/or Gold on LTO (.025mm thick) or DLATGS

-Cutting Si filters, LTO, DLATGS, Germanium, whatever comes up

-Welding some detectors that were made by assembly

-Making Gold Black coating on our high level detectors

-Screen printing LTO

-Lapping down and further processing of DLATGS (from 1.2mm to .025-.010 mm)

-Maybe bubble testing some RMA detectors

-Scanning Si filter on FTIR machine

-Working some experiments with Engineering guy

12:30-1:30 Clock out for lunch, usually home made alone

1:30-17:00 Continue work

17:00 Clock out

17:30-18:30 Coming home (depends if groceries needed)

Rest of the day spending time with my wife, PC gaming, learning Python.

Actually right now trying to get transferred to FSU for BS in Electrical engineering. After that see two options: Personal start-up research while in college or: Get in Nvidia, Intel, AMD companies. Very interested in processing of Germanium substrates and modern electronics building.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by nerdynapster »

Profession: Grad. Engg. Trainee- Software Development

fall asleep while browsing through playlists. alarm on. wake up. get up. look out for clothes. brush teeths. wear shirt,jeans collect pen, pencil, IDs, ATMs, Credit Cards, smartphone, earphone, few change banknotes and coins. wear shoes (without socks). pick-up bag ith a notebook. gulp down a glass of cold water. buy mentos from Jmart. ask for lift. walk to office. shows ID to security guard at the complex. choose a path with less sunshine. walk. wait for the lift where i could be adjusted w/ my bag. greet and smile to the floor guard. punch-in. plug-out earphones. smile and greet every1 on the way pulls-off the bag press turn-on button of PC bypass disk encryption three finger salute bypass OS login F5 F5 F5 three hand salute go and re-fill water bottle

(...to be described more, gtg now)

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by AAKE »

verde wrote: post #125

Profession: Flight test engineer, full time, a huge organization you probably know... Workday (test days): -[5:00] Wake up, try to catch a shower, eat -[6:00] Prepare for the days test events -[7:00] Brief the team, test points, priorities, safety, etc... -[8:00] First flight period -[11:00] Debrief, eat lunch, prepare for second period -[13:00] Second flight period -[16:00] Shutdown flight ops -[16:30] Debrief with…

Sounds like a great job. Do you enjoy it?

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by dzonga »

manmal wrote: post #287

iOS Freelancer I have 2 offices, so 2 schedules. Here is the one for the shared desk in the center of my hometown: [06:45 - 07:00] Alarm goes off, most of the time have a shower. [07:00-08:30] Wake up my older son, make him breakfast, prep for kindergarten and take him there (~50 meters). Also ready myself in the meantime. This is very intense because my son often does not really want to go, he'd rather stay at home.…

how did you get started as an iOS freelancer ?

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by incredimike »

Jeremy1026 wrote: post #378
throwanem wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It could also be a literal reference to taking down the United States flag. Those organizations of which I've been a member, which flew the US flag, would strike it at or just before sunset, and I believe Title 4 of the US Code, which details respectful treatment of the national flag, requires that this be done. ETA: Indeed, 4 USC 6(a) [1]: It is the universal custom to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on…

There are six United States flags that are not required to follow this rule. Do you know which ones they are?

NOT YET?

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by Jeremy1026 »

throwanem wrote: post #383
Jeremy1026 wrote: post #378

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are six United States flags that are not required to follow this rule. Do you know which ones they are?

The one in front of the White House is one of them, I believe, but then I also seem to recall that it's lit 24/7, so may not count. The other five I couldn't hazard a guess at.

The six flags planted by the Apollo astronauts on the moon.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by vivaamerica1 »

Software Engineer at Big Corp.

10:00 - get to work, check email, coffee

11:00 - standup: please the clueless Scrum Master by reciting the amazing work I did yesterday, which he has no clue about whatsoever. Usually finish with a "good job" praise

11:15 - peruse various newspapers

12:00 - check Linkedin, credit card accounts, Reddit/HN

13:00 - have a salad and coffee

13:30 - random crap: failing builds, random requests from people, pointless meetings. Sometimes interviewing people in this slot

15:00 - coffee

15:15 - more pointless meetings and random crap

16:00 - code review other people

17:00 - check the news/Linkedin/Reddit/HN again

18:00 - practice on leetcode (not looking for a job, just do it for fun)

19:00 - actually do some coding for the day

20:00 - call it a day, home.

The amazing thing is I still got more work done than most people, mostly because the code I write actually works and takes little time to be reviewed by others. Some people seem to be working all day but spend most of the time fixing their own/other people's crap.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by conorgil145 »

grecy wrote: post #144

I am seeing a lot of depressing posts here (and mostly in humor, I think) Lots of talk about sleeping in, procrastinating, pretending to work, etc. etc. I used to be a Software Engineer and I can relate extremely well. Now I am attempting to be a travel writer and photographer, driving around Africa. I spring out of bed in the morning, and have some of the best days of my life, day after day. It's hard, but I love it…

I just finished reading the book "Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel", which basically promotes this exact train of thought. You may enjoy reading it if you are not already familiar.

Re: Ask HN: What's your working day like?

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Post by ungamed »

wwwwwwwwww wrote: post #83

Profession: "Security" Engineer [08:00] Wake up [09:05] Arrive at work a little after 9 to fight the power [09:15] Coffee. The daily pilgrimage to the Mr. Coffee is the highlight of my day. [09:25] Go to meeting scheduled by demon. I don't need to be in the meeting and nod my head whenever they look at me. [10:05] Check email to find a customer figured out my email and started emailing me on how to figure out their w…

In my above original edit, I was going to put "Security" in quotes too, sometimes .. sometimes this aint worth it.
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