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null | Mr-Yellow | null | > No. No no no no no. This is so depressing
That 60h week doesn't seem to be negatively impacting you in the slightest ;-)
> When I'm in the "zone", I actually can work for 12-16 hours, with a few breaks.
Who can't. That's not the point.
> When I'm not feeling it, I would rather just take a few weeks off
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null | cube-drone | null | 2-4 hours a day? That's about all of the work I've ever been able to muster for a salary, but when I'm working on something that I care about I'm a frigging inexhaustible force of nature.
Working in a start-up I care about and have a small ownership stake in, I've definitely had weeks where I've only stopped working b... | null | 0 | 1491706041 | 1491706710 | 0 | dg0qf79 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0902m | null | 1493916349 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LoneCookie | null | Yeah, some days.
I can do it too. I have. But can you give me the next week off after? No? Then no.
I can do it, and I did as a stupid junior. But burn out, and management doesn't care about your wellbeing in the least, they would ask you if you're crazy if you asked, and also pay you less for your dedication if you ... | null | 0 | 1491706069 | 1491707077 | 0 | dg0qfso | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0o0ze | null | 1493916357 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Thezla | null | I honestly can't see a drug that artificially makes you feel less tired than you are and gives you withdrawal symptoms as healthy. | null | 0 | 1491706081 | False | 0 | dg0qg17 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0meyd | null | 1493916360 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Cheekio | null | Reddit is absolutely the wrong medium for this discussion (upvoting popular or funny comments makes unpopular opinions harder to share), but the blog post itself doesn't allow for comments so here we go.
There are plenty of examples of companies that were right on the brink of something big, and pushing for longer wor... | null | 0 | 1491706100 | False | 0 | dg0qgfl | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493916365 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Mr-Yellow | null | Can I bill in 6min increments and have to itemise each task I complete?
Pretty sure I can get 8-9 hours out of 4 hours. ;-) | null | 0 | 1491706108 | False | 0 | dg0qglj | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0pl33 | null | 1493916369 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | dblake123 | null | Tell that to every superior product that failed. | null | 0 | 1491706122 | False | 0 | dg0qgxe | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qcrr | null | 1493916373 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Mr-Yellow | null | No product ever became superior by overworking their coders. | null | 0 | 1491706198 | False | 0 | dg0qiib | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qgxe | null | 1493916393 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Chii | null | This is the issue with a lot of industries - not just software engineering - where the teaching positions are paid vastly less than the industry would. You end up with people who are the best at the industry working rather than teaching. | null | 0 | 1491706203 | False | 0 | dg0qim8 | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0he6y | null | 1493916395 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xauronx | null | I'm a huge fan of coffee - have 5 different brewing methods, roast my own, visit every specialty shop when I travel. BUT there's no fucking denying that caffeine is a brain modifying chemical and can be addictive. Don't mind the down votes man. | null | 0 | 1491706204 | False | 0 | dg0qimn | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0o9d9 | null | 1493916395 | 23 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 21kangaroos | null | I agree with every word, such a quality read. Thank you. | null | 0 | 1491706257 | False | 0 | dg0qjsl | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493916412 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | foxlisk | null | Haha thanks man. Frankly the downvotes are a nice reminder that this sub is not half as sensible as it likes to pretend. Enjoy your coffee *he says while drinking a beer* | null | 0 | 1491706310 | False | 0 | dg0qkw4 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qimn | null | 1493916426 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | nosoupforyou | null | The article is pretty good but not entirely accurate.
I do actually spend most of my "work" time actually working productively, when I work at home. When I'm at the office, I do end up in meetings part of the day. But I get more than 2-3 hours of productive time.
But yeah. the author has it correct. Programmer t... | null | 0 | 1491706320 | False | 0 | dg0ql4d | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493916429 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | fqn | null | My point about "being in the zone" is that it doesn't have to be reserved for side projects. Sometimes you can choose jobs that are just as interesting as your side projects, and then everyone wins. The client is happy because stuff is finished super fast, and you're happy because you're working on cool stuff and billi... | null | 0 | 1491706335 | 1491712606 | 0 | dg0qlfn | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qf68 | null | 1493916433 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Mr-Yellow | null | > Steve Jobs- Jobs was quoted as saying "If you don't come to work on Saturday, don't bother coming to work on Sunday"
Steve Jobs biography is doing *massive* damage to people in SF culture. He has single-handedly done more for coder suicide rate than anyone or anything else. | null | 0 | 1491706341 | False | 0 | dg0qlke | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qgfl | null | 1493916435 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 1 | 1491706603 | False | 0 | dg0qr2r | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ovzq | null | 1493916508 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | o1sound | null | Hours per day might as well be measured in [KLOCs](https://youtu.be/kHI7RTKhlz0) | null | 0 | 1491706614 | False | 0 | dg0qrbk | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493916512 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | fqn | null | That's totally true. I've recently discovered this as a freelancer. Now I'm working on a client project that is just as engaging as my own side projects, and I'm working 10-12 hour days just because I'm having so much fun. Also I'm billing for all those hours. If my client told me "you should work 8 paid hours per day,... | null | 0 | 1491706622 | False | 0 | dg0qrha | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0933u | null | 1493916514 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Xevantus | null | > If you don't leave to chance, and force people into it, you get more shit programmers who are not interested in what they are doing, and doing it just because their parents told them it was "right".
And you just explained why entry level programming has been saturated for a decade, even while there's a shortage ... | null | 0 | 1491706626 | False | 0 | dg0qrkd | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08g2z | null | 1493916515 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | wefearchange | null | Rarely does that happen. More often than not it's a few hours of real work, plus a few days of "OH SHIT EVERYTHINGS ON FIRE FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK" fueled by insane amounts of caffeine and all for balance. | null | 0 | 1491706652 | False | 0 | dg0qs4a | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493916523 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gambiter | null | It's because you're refusing to admit you spend ANY time not working. Not only that, but every time someone replies doubting your account, you double down and insist you are working the entire time. We know that is a lie, so you're getting downvoted.
If you presented it as, "Sure, I have distractions too, but I always... | null | 0 | 1491706669 | False | 0 | dg0qshh | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qerz | null | 1493916528 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pi_over_3 | null | /r/SavedYouAClick | null | 0 | 1491706722 | False | 0 | dg0qtl2 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg01tr1 | null | 1493916542 | 91 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AIDS_Pizza | null | It is questions like these that made me delete my Quora account. Fuck that bullshit pseudo-intellectual site. I sign up for technology and entrepreneurship and see things like:
* How do I learn 10 programming languages in 1 month?
* How do I make a billion dollar business in 1 year?
* How can I get a job offer for $... | null | 0 | 1491706802 | False | 0 | dg0qvb1 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493916565 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hosford42 | null | I work an 8 hour day, and then come home and program every minute that my family doesn't need from me. For me it's all about *what* I'm working on. If it's something exciting, it's not exhausting. | null | 0 | 1491706872 | False | 0 | dg0qwt9 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0czfe | null | 1493916585 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | iSeven | null | I thought that was implied from the title. | null | 0 | 1491706891 | False | 0 | dg0qx8j | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg065iw | null | 1493916590 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RailsIsAGhetto | null | > an employed Ruby on Rails developer how to access an object's member ("instance") variables. He had to go to the documentation.
You found a "bootcamp" grad. | null | 0 | 1491706926 | False | 0 | dg0qxyu | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfz7850 | null | 1493916601 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | yggdrasiliv | null | Has ANYONE seen it done properly? | null | 0 | 1491707057 | False | 0 | dg0r0uz | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0nl7b | null | 1493916638 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Holydicksbatman11111 | null | I know that guy | null | 0 | 1491707135 | False | 0 | dg0r2ma | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0okiv | null | 1493916663 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BigAl265 | null | This has been true as long as I can remember. When I first stared out, older devs would tell me you get max of six hours productivity a day, after that your mind is just mush, and it is so true. I work from home so I feel bad when I only put in 5-6 hours, but I'm totally fried after that amount of time. The first two... | null | 0 | 1491707166 | False | 0 | dg0r3ad | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0czfe | null | 1493916672 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ivan0x32 | null | I try to "reschedule" any creative work after 4PM to next morning. This includes fixing "that stupid bug that shouldn't even exist". I know myself pretty well and usually it takes me 2x the time and 4x the energy to do that creative work in the evening as a result I get super tired and my performance next day is awful.... | null | 0 | 1491707320 | False | 0 | dg0r6oi | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg06aq2 | null | 1493916718 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Xevantus | null | Coding is not rare in the slightest. There is maybe one entry level programming job per hundred qualified applicants. The other skills of a developer (algorithmic optimization, system engineering, hell, even non-technical communication) are what make money. A trained monkey can code, but they'd have no idea *what* t... | null | 0 | 1491707432 | False | 0 | dg0r94w | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg08w44 | null | 1493916750 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Mr-Yellow | null | > bullshit pseudo-intellectual
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/cs181/projects/crunchmode/econ-hours-productivity.html
> 1 month?, 1 year? a year
No one said that 16-18h days can't be sustained for short periods. Many of us speak from personal experience of having put in many, many months and years of... | null | 0 | 1491707466 | False | 0 | dg0r9vm | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qvb1 | null | 1493916760 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Ozwaldo | null | I'm not lying, and you're being pretty rude to me man.
No, I don't spend every week of the year working 40 hours. That's just my *general* work week. Some are more, and yes some are less. But more often than not I do at least 40. (I usually work an hour or two on my own project in the evening, and I'll generally spe... | null | 0 | 1491707534 | False | 0 | dg0rbdk | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qshh | null | 1493916779 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tomservo291 | null | Agreed, maven good. Things like NPM bad. NPM literally downloads the whole internet every time... | null | 0 | 1491707537 | False | 0 | dg0rbft | t3_648bv9 | null | null | t1_dg0n1da | null | 1493916780 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sixstringartist | null | Come on man. Like, you serious think thats my beef with his position? Im a full time developer of 6 years at a well off company. I actually love my job. I also love my hobbies and my family and I take serious offense to this perverse notion in our industry that, unless you eat sleep breathe code, you're somehow not pas... | null | 0 | 1491707540 | False | 0 | dg0rbio | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qr2r | null | 1493916781 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | whisnantryd | null | *money | null | 0 | 1491707623 | False | 0 | dg0rdah | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t1_dg0ol8w | null | 1493916805 | 50 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Rentool | null | It's great to see the downvotes. They will be fun to remember when the US is a backwater. We need to join ASEAN. | null | 0 | 1491707718 | False | 0 | dg0rfdf | t3_637m7q | null | null | t1_dg09ghy | null | 1493916833 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | izuriel | null | I feel your point, but if you're stuck because you need something from him, that's a bit outside the "comfortable" flow. I share all the same feelings about work your buddy does, except if someone is waiting on me then I actually focus on getting that done sooner rather than later. Otherwise your potential wasting prod... | null | 0 | 1491707848 | False | 0 | dg0ri58 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0kdzy | null | 1493916870 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mike410 | null | Great article I completely agree. I would add to the list overly defensive programming as well. | null | 0 | 1491707859 | False | 0 | dg0rie8 | t3_64933v | null | null | t3_64933v | null | 1493916873 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | karma_vacuum123 | null | you cannot produce quality software at scale with php | null | 1 | 1491707931 | False | 0 | dg0rjvj | t3_64aogj | null | null | t3_64aogj | null | 1493916893 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | celerym | null | Wow you guys are really afraid for your jobs. | null | 0 | 1491707938 | 1491714883 | 0 | dg0rk07 | t3_64815z | null | null | t3_64815z | null | 1493916894 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RagingAnemone | null | Look at the non developers around you. How much actual work are they getting done? Are they in meetings all day? 4 hours of real work getting done is not unique to developers. | null | 0 | 1491708002 | False | 0 | dg0rlaz | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0dkj5 | null | 1493916912 | 36 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NeverComments | null | >Java suffers because the tooling is crap. In order to do anything useful you have to first learn git, eclipse, maven, gradle,
This isn't unpopular as much as it is just poorly informed. Git is a VCS completely unrelated to Java or the Java ecosystem. Eclipse is an IDE, like Visual Studio, XCode, etc. It's not t... | null | 0 | 1491708045 | False | 0 | dg0rm5y | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyjb2d | null | 1493916923 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mgkimsal | null | > But I get more than 2-3 hours of productive time
Is it more than 3-4 hours of productive code/dev? "productive time", imo, would include meeting times (gotta have some!) but I don't tend to get much more than around 4 hrs/day of productive dev work; other time is meetings, driving, admin, etc. > 4 I can do f... | null | 0 | 1491708095 | False | 0 | dg0rn8u | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ql4d | null | 1493916938 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | awo | null | I know it's really not ideal, but I'd honestly be happy enough with a bit of extra syntax to indicate that I don't want the optimisation barrier.
I use/recommend CTEs in exercises on pgexercises.com all the time, but I am forever wondering if that's the right call given the performance concerns.
Side note, I'm a huge... | null | 0 | 1491708098 | False | 0 | dg0rnbe | t3_647ghi | null | null | t1_dg0c09l | null | 1493916938 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | goods_and_services | null | Why? | null | 0 | 1491708100 | False | 0 | dg0rncx | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0pptv | null | 1493916940 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DaveSims | null | Yeah I love working from home for this reason. On days I work from home, I settle in, warm up, focus and blast through some serious output for maybe 2 hours. Then I'm done for the day. Usually in that 2 hours I can produce much more than a typical 8 hour day at the office. There are many days as well where I literally ... | null | 0 | 1491708152 | False | 0 | dg0rogo | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0czfe | null | 1493916954 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Yehosua | null | For anyone not familiar with the OP (the grant maker), Nadia Eghbal is involved in a lot of research and writing on sustainable open source, open source business models, etc. See her ["How I Stumbled Upon the Internet's Biggest Blind Spot"](https://medium.com/@nayafia/how-i-stumbled-upon-the-internet-s-biggest-blind-sp... | null | 0 | 1491708247 | False | 0 | dg0rqck | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t3_64ap2d | null | 1493916980 | 106 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SilasX | null | This happened right before the first class of DBC, so no. And I don't know any grad of DBC who would have missed this, so double no. | null | 0 | 1491708359 | False | 0 | dg0rsmr | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0qxyu | null | 1493917011 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | theavatare | null | Yeah i think this is great starting point for how we should think about building the languages in the next 10 years. | null | 0 | 1491708450 | False | 0 | dg0ruix | t3_6498n8 | null | null | t1_dg0c02o | null | 1493917038 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | myringotomy | null | >They are dominant on their platform because they have momentum, which makes it very hard to break into their domain in any real sense.
They have momentum because large corporations backed them.
> Microsoft believes C# to be a great language, therefore they back it with a large amount of resources.
Who cares w... | null | 1 | 1491708627 | False | 0 | dg0rybq | t3_6498n8 | null | null | t1_dg0mjdk | null | 1493917089 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xxxmuffinflavoredxxx | null | do you think 10x programmers are a real thing? | null | 0 | 1491708636 | False | 0 | dg0ryi5 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg04z1l | null | 1493917091 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | OrangeredStilton | null | "Passion" is just another way of saying "will work for free, just because the work is interesting". That's why people get tired of hearing it, especially from interviewers. | null | 0 | 1491708770 | False | 0 | dg0s1gw | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0nsxt | null | 1493917131 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | eyal0 | null | >Maybe python won't be around, but a conditional block structure will surely be.
Just because programming will exist, doesn't mean that we should teach it. Horses are still around but we teach driver's ed.
I agree that loops will still exist but maybe no one will need to know them. That's not so far fetched. SQL d... | null | 0 | 1491708825 | False | 0 | dg0s2ot | t3_64815z | null | null | t1_dg0b5xu | null | 1493917147 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | antiquark2 | null | I know for a fact that 0.1x programmers are a real thing... I've worked with them!
So maybe 10x programmers are real too! | null | 0 | 1491708963 | False | 0 | dg0s5rj | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ryi5 | null | 1493917187 | 107 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | brubakerp | null | Yep, there have been many, many talks about how crunch doesn't work over the years at GDC and other conferences. Most game companies don't really care though. Because around June every year, there's a fresh batch of graduates willing to do anything to work in games. So they lay off the people that are burned out or ... | null | 0 | 1491708965 | False | 0 | dg0s5t1 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg09dk4 | null | 1493917188 | 36 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | biteater | null | I don't know man, I don't buy it. I absolutely love programming, and I love my job, and am 100% professionally fulfilled, but I'm good for about five or six hours of actual work output a day max. 8+ hours leaves me pretty brain dead and wanting to sleep in the next day. Maybe it's different depending on the field/exper... | null | 0 | 1491709019 | 1491709398 | 0 | dg0s70z | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ier1 | null | 1493917205 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | dasignint | null | This was true when I worked at shitass companies with shitass managers. Working for myself for the last year, my typical week is 14-16 hours a day, 6-7 days a week, and I love it. Yes, those are real, high-focus hours. Loving what you're doing, and how you're doing it makes a huge difference to motivation. | null | 0 | 1491709148 | False | 0 | dg0s9we | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917243 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Ozwaldo | null | Yeah I get that. Particularly in job postings looking for people who are "passionate". That is some bullshit. | null | 1 | 1491709190 | False | 0 | dg0satk | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0s1gw | null | 1493917256 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | adrianmonk | null | Look at it this way: *maybe* you can, but even if you succeed, do you really want someone *that* native making any important decisions?
The job market is such that any decent programmer can make a comfortable living. So that leaves *you* with the people who are either too ambitious to be content with a comfortable liv... | null | 0 | 1491709195 | False | 0 | dg0say4 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917258 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Kirito9704 | null | I kind of chuckled... so there's that... :) | null | 0 | 1491709205 | False | 0 | dg0sb6h | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0fdqj | null | 1493917261 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | b1ackcat | null | I wasn't 100% blocked, I had other work to do, and we had agreed on a "by this date" deadline, so I know he wasn't feeling that pressure.
But outside of that circumstance, I agree, if someone's waiting on an asap thing from me, all these "productive hour" talks go out the window if it's important. | null | 0 | 1491709316 | False | 0 | dg0sdj5 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0ri58 | null | 1493917293 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | phottitor | null | you realize that a week has 168 hours? i have at least 8 hours for reflection and self improvement! | null | 0 | 1491709327 | False | 0 | dg0sdr9 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0q50y | null | 1493917296 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bayfury | null | How did you record the terminal gifs? | null | 0 | 1491709439 | False | 0 | dg0sg6e | t3_646ekw | null | null | t3_646ekw | null | 1493917329 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Ozwaldo | null | Maybe it just differs by person? I'm legitimately 6-10 hours a day, plus some days with 1-2 hours in the evening on my side project. And generally at least one weekend day at 10-12 hours (like today!)
I don't know, I've been doing this since I was ~10 years old, so maybe it's just how I've developed. (Or how I'm...... | null | 0 | 1491709468 | False | 0 | dg0sgro | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0s70z | null | 1493917337 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Derpscientist | null | Google has it solved, kind of. They just rewrite everything every 2-6 years, leaving product gaps and pissing off internal/external customers. The rest of the industry just deals with low quality tooling and infrastructure by throwing smart people at the problem until its stable-ish. FB is very focused on delivery. Del... | null | 0 | 1491709566 | False | 0 | dg0site | t3_64aogj | null | null | t1_dg0noro | null | 1493917365 | 24 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | blebaford | null | Maybe you are a 10x programmer :o | null | 0 | 1491709598 | False | 0 | dg0sjhr | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0s5rj | null | 1493917373 | 33 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | forsubbingonly | null | Go fuck yourself, that's how. | null | 0 | 1491709717 | False | 0 | dg0slyc | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917406 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | biteater | null | Yeah I mean I started pretty young as well. Who knows. What I do not like is the idea that throughput == capabilty. A lot of companies and managers think that it does, but simply having a lot of endurance doesn't mean you are solving problems as creatively or elegantly as possible (general "you", not "you specifically"... | null | 0 | 1491709720 | False | 0 | dg0sm0m | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0sgro | null | 1493917407 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | Wow! That flat fee is super convenient. I'd like two infinity-x programmers pls | null | 0 | 1491709727 | False | 0 | dg0sm5i | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg07vik | null | 1493917409 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | xxxmuffinflavoredxxx | null | how can a 10x programmer distinguish themselves from the rest without looking like a total cockbag on a resume?
maybe a written letter of recommendation from a manager at a well known company? | null | 0 | 1491709766 | False | 0 | dg0smyi | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0s5rj | null | 1493917419 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | izuriel | null | If that's the case then yea, whatever he does in between now and delivery is his business as long as he delivers. | null | 0 | 1491709819 | False | 0 | dg0so1q | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0sdj5 | null | 1493917434 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | megablast | null | Yup. I have seen it run incredibly well. We don't do non-agile projects anymore. | null | 0 | 1491709843 | False | 0 | dg0soku | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0r0uz | null | 1493917441 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Mr-Yellow | null | > Sometimes you can choose jobs that are just as interesting as your side projects
To be fair this is the key to the whole thing, regardless of how many hours you put in.
Code is ephemeral, anything that lasts more than a decade will likely be some backend system no one ever sees again anyway. Much of it has littl... | null | 0 | 1491709852 | False | 0 | dg0soqx | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qlfn | null | 1493917443 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | GunnerMcGrath | null | So you're saying I'm NOT a horrible procrastinator that has been stealing time from every employer I've had for the last 19 years (not counting those few months where I literally did nothing but play AOE2 against my co-worker)?
I'm only half-joking. I know my work is creative but something about this article finally c... | null | 0 | 1491709854 | 1491710102 | 0 | dg0sosc | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917444 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Ozwaldo | null | No worries brother, I agree with you completely on that. | null | 0 | 1491709872 | False | 0 | dg0sp6c | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0sm0m | null | 1493917449 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kenfar | null | Given that this issue is easily addressed simply by how your write your CTE, is this actually a big deal?
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null | [deleted] | null | wwhwhwhwhwhhyywhyyhywhwyhyy w whwhhwaahawhattas wrrrrrrrrrrrororrrroornng wit cofe???????? | null | 0 | 1491709960 | False | 0 | dg0sr0r | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0qg17 | null | 1493917474 | -6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Liminiens | null | That's how you compress. | null | 0 | 1491710120 | False | 0 | dg0sua5 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg01tr1 | null | 1493917517 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | antiquark2 | null | No, if I was a 10x programmer I would be making 10x salary... and I'm not! | null | 0 | 1491710135 | False | 0 | dg0suko | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0sjhr | null | 1493917521 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Toast42 | null | Browsing reddit instead of programming; checks clock; 1:55pm.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeep | null | 0 | 1491710152 | False | 0 | dg0suwo | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0hm67 | null | 1493917525 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | MrSwiergiwits | null | I completely agree. What we do in our off-peak hours tends to be comparable to less skilled computer work, but none the less, still work that other people get paid to only do. Emails, scheduling, etc. | null | 0 | 1491710204 | False | 0 | dg0sw10 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0rlaz | null | 1493917540 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | skyleach | null | If I'm working 60 to 80 hours in a week, it's because someone royally screwed the pooch, I'm really angry, or I'm really invested in what I'm doing. That doesn't happen often, but it does happen on occasion.
The last time it happened, I was financially strapped and really needed my job. I was working as a senior dev... | null | 0 | 1491710212 | False | 0 | dg0sw68 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917542 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Toast42 | null | My goal is to bill 30 hours/week of programming. If I plan to bill more than that it definitely has a negative effect on my head space.
I end up working a lot more that 30 hours (meetings, emails, book keeping, looking for work, etc), but 30 hours of programming seems to be about my limit. | null | 0 | 1491710279 | False | 0 | dg0sxpj | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0czfe | null | 1493917563 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | antiquark2 | null | Recommendations are useful... but the big thing is for a programmer to be able to explain the various things they've worked on, in great detail. It's sort of a "self-revealing" interview if they haven't worked on much and don't know much about programming. | null | 0 | 1491710301 | False | 0 | dg0sy82 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0smyi | null | 1493917569 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jujeijin | null | I would say yes, and no. I know that I personally created software on millions of people's computers in one 96 hour week plus one 105 hour week. I literally felt like I was going to die, but I did it. I remember it vividly and I needed some time to recover.
I did this a handful of times. Less than five but more than ... | null | 0 | 1491710359 | False | 0 | dg0szkc | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917588 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | rabid_briefcase | null | > In my experience, agile is frequently little more than a buzzword.
Unfortunately true.
I have been at places that proudly proclaim how they use agile processes and how agile they are. Yet they don't actually do the things agile is about. They have strict rigid processes defined by books and presentations descri... | null | 0 | 1491710445 | False | 0 | dg0t1kg | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0atdh | null | 1493917615 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | 1st_page_of_google | null | I disagree with this a little bit.
Yes SOME programming work is very creative, designing the system architecture, coming up with a unique solution to a problem you've never faced before, working with brand new technology maybe.
But how much time does the average sw developer spend doing that. How much more time is s... | null | 0 | 1491710466 | False | 0 | dg0t226 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917621 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kermityfrog | null | Do you notice your head actually heating up? I've noticed it happening to me sometimes and I'm not even a developer. | null | 0 | 1491710486 | False | 0 | dg0t2jk | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0p5u8 | null | 1493917627 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | neilbryson | null | Well, well, you can try my brews. I got my friends drinking black coffee because my brew recipe is quite good and consistent and the coffee beans that I use are fresh.
If it does not taste good black, then it's bad coffee. | null | 0 | 1491710514 | False | 0 | dg0t398 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0mudi | null | 1493917637 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LoneCookie | null | Do you live at work too, shower at work, do laundry at work, eat out for every meal, and have someone else do general upkeep of wherever you sleep and use the bathroom of? Also no family or friends outside of work. | null | 0 | 1491710546 | False | 0 | dg0t417 | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0sdr9 | null | 1493917647 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | RailsIsAGhetto | null | > And I don't know any grad of DBC who would have missed this
Your mom would have missed it. You stupid cock. | null | 0 | 1491710546 | False | 0 | dg0t41k | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dg0rsmr | null | 1493917647 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | softwarejockey | null | Maybe my story is the exception as I have only worked (multiple sequential) 80hr weeks once in my career but I'll tell it anyway:
I recently put in a bunch of 60hr weeks followed by a handful of 80's. I am head developer of a 8 person group and we had a deadline approaching for a $4mil 1yr contract. Management begge... | null | 0 | 1491710570 | False | 0 | dg0t4km | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917655 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | azathot | null | Easy - Check Jira. | null | 0 | 1491710617 | False | 0 | dg0t5n6 | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917668 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | echnaba | null | This guy's blog reads like cancer. He sounds extremely anti-social with a superiority complex.
I've seen 3 types of programmers. The kind like the author of this article, who work 3-4 hours a day and have side projects. Usually good developers, nothing wrong with them. Then, you've got the people who work 3-4 hour... | null | 0 | 1491710776 | False | 0 | dg0t99m | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917718 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ThisIs_MyName | null | Right, and customers that "just do it" end up getting a useless "electronics protection plan" and paying an extra $20 per device :P | null | 0 | 1491710906 | False | 0 | dg0tcby | t3_63zg6f | null | null | t1_dfyta1v | null | 1493917760 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | EnsCausaSui | null | Do you mind if I ask what web sites you tend to use?
I've just been polling this question lately, I'm trying to build a portfolio to start programming as a freelancer myself. | null | 0 | 1491710977 | False | 0 | dg0te2e | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0q67q | null | 1493917783 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ROGER_CHOCS | null | Its ingrained because labourers fought for it, many times literally. | null | 0 | 1491711005 | False | 0 | dg0teoy | t3_647weo | null | null | t1_dg0kdzy | null | 1493917791 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Stopher | null | Best thing I read all week. I spend minimum a half hour per day in a meeting where we update spreadsheets on what we're doing. It's retarded. That's the minimum. Some days it's 2 hours of these meetings. | null | 0 | 1491711111 | False | 0 | dg0th7y | t3_647weo | null | null | t3_647weo | null | 1493917824 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Muffinizer1 | null | The application is free... might as well try | null | 0 | 1491711133 | False | 0 | dg0thq5 | t3_64ap2d | null | null | t1_dg0rdah | null | 1493917832 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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