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Re:Expecting programmers to problem solve for 8 hours is stupid by SketchySeaBeast on Friday July 05, 2019 @12:48PM (#20363924)
> No one expects you to be 8 hours straight in the zone, no one does.

I see we haven't worked somewhere with billable hours.

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Re:Expecting programmers to problem solve for 8 hours is stupid by h_r on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:21PM (#20364582)
Meetings, working on docs etc can still be billable. 8 hours straight in the zone every day? Nobody does that.
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Re:Expecting programmers to problem solve for 8 hours is stupid by SketchySeaBeast on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:43PM (#20364763)
I've worked in a previous position that expected 8 hours of billable work for many of the junior devs, who didn't have meetings or documentation. It was crazy.
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