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How many hours do you work a day (developers)?

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Re: How many hours do you work a day (developers)?

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Post by StavrosK »

suhailpatel wrote: post #30
StavrosK wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, but that was a bit of an inside joke between coworkers :) As a data point, I am currently full-time employed, it just happens that I prefer full-time being four days a week. I recently made the switch from five to four, and I'm enjoying it immensely.

I really want to do this just so I can get some time to work on my own projects. How did you sell this to your employers (or are they one of a very few shops which do the 4 day week thing like Treehouse)

I just asked if I could work 20% less for 20% less pay, and they agreed. Your mileage may vary, the company I work for is pretty cool.

Re: How many hours do you work a day (developers)?

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Post by thibaut_barrere »

StavrosK wrote: post #27
thibaut_barrere wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To back you up, I bill less that 4 days a week, and also know more than a couple of people doing the same.

Thanks, but that was a bit of an inside joke between coworkers :) As a data point, I am currently full-time employed, it just happens that I prefer full-time being four days a week. I recently made the switch from five to four, and I'm enjoying it immensely.

Ahah! I totally felt for it :)

I'm totally with you to prefer a shorter full-time schedule.

Re: How many hours do you work a day (developers)?

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Post by lordnacho »

Gibbon1 wrote: post #43
lordnacho wrote: post #22

There's no such thing as an acceptable amount of hours. Is the goal reached or not? Often in programming, you have this weird situation where spending more time makes the work harder. It is actually possible to dig a hole that makes you further away from the goal, while for the whole time you think you're getting closer. So I try not to get too tired, and I manage deadline expectations. Often you find the right solut…

There is actually an acceptable number of hours, it's somewhere near the number of hours you can work without burning out. For me that is about 5-7 hours a day. Two things I remember, one was an old guy talking about working in a windshield factory, where they made windshields for cars. They had a line. While he was working their they sped it up by 25% and management was happy happy joy joy. The workers were getting…

What I was thinking was acceptable on the low side. If you get things done, but it seems fast, that should be okay.

Of course working too much is bad for everyone, I sympathise with your examples.

Re: How many hours do you work a day (developers)?

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Post by sebringj »

I think you can easily get the same amount of work done definitely with 4:30 compared to 8 going to a job, but having remote lets you do more with 8 and you should because you are putting up with less crap. The worst thing you can do is be lazy in that situation giving Marissa Mayer more fuel to her bs mantra. You should fly above your coworkers who are coming in every day. Lead by example and this will be the norm.

Re: How many hours do you work a day (developers)?

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Post by MorningInfidel »

level09 wrote: post #16

3 - 5 hours at my day job, 5 - 9 hours running my startup(s)/consultancy. I leave some videos running before I sleep so I could hear/learn something new before I sleep. I also work through weekends. I think it is too much, but as a Syrian, I don't have the birth advantage of having a first-world country passport, I have to keep both the job (allows me to have the visa), and I make a lot of money which I can spend on…

3atik il 3afi :)
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