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How many hours per day do you actually work? (piefed.social)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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For me (as a programmer) it really varies a ton. I used to put in insane stretches, due to the medication I needed to take in the past and that is how I got used to things in college.

Now I work more regularly, but still can put in a solid 6+ hr day most of the time, and yet some days... yeesh I'm lucky if I can get a third of that. So I work more on other days to compensate.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes I only have 2 hours of meetings but they are all 30 minute meetings with an hour or two between. So I am barely back in my flow by the time he next meeting rolls around.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The “flow” thing is what most non-IT folks don’t understand. It’s tough to jump back in and just start solving the same puzzle I was working on hours ago with no backtracking to figure out which micro piece of the 20 regular-sized pieces I was working on.

That’s probably why I would procrastinate on technical work with project management work back when I was in IT.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Sometimes when I really get into something, I just stay late and work on it while the office is empty.

Thankfully I've been in positions where if I work the rare 10-12 hour day, I can take the time off later in that timesheet cycle. It helps that I always have a bunch of results to show after those nights.