Re:Ask HN: What's your working day like?
by gurkendoktor on Monday May 08, 2017 @01:33PM
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Full-remote here - same workflow, same results too :)
I'm considering to switch to working 10 billable hours each day on Tue-Thu, though. I'm usually too exhausted after a working day to socialise, but not too tired to work. A 30h work-week with four days of weekend sounds pretty tempting.
Re:Ask HN: What's your working day like?
by chad_strategic on Monday May 08, 2017 @02:19PM
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I suspect you might outperform 3 coders. Going into an office is a distraction and waste.
Well written and is similar to how I code. I wish I could return remote.
Re:Ask HN: What's your working day like?
by samsonradu on Monday May 08, 2017 @03:33PM
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Same here, except that I need the alarm. Also exercise after work.
- I never use an alarm, normally waking up around 8:30am
- I often start coding right away when I wake up, in these first 2 hours I am often exceptionally productive
- eat something, coffee, reading, relaxing
- do some more coding till I feel my focus drops
- repeat the last two steps
When I feel tired I try not to code if possible, I consider it being a bad habit.
Relaxing between the focussed coding sessions is of major importance to produce good code IMHO, while relaxing I'm often thinking about the different options of how I can best write the next piece of code.
If I have a bad day, not being really productive, I often do some more coding at night if I can get the right focus.
On a good day I outperform 2 coders that work in the open office of our company, with ease.