Poll: How many hours do you work a week?

Re:Poll: How many hours do you work a week? by jasonkester on Thursday August 04, 2011 @03:59AM (#2845088)

I just pulled up the last year's worth of consulting invoices and yes, it looks like I managed to bill an entire 40 hours once in the last 52 weeks.

I have a personal policy of only billing for the time I'm creating value. So if I boot up, fire up the IDE, sip my coffee, pull up a bug report, then proceed to browse f'ng Hacker News for 2 hours, I don't charge my time. Similarly, if I notice by lunchtime that I'm just plain not smart enough to program computers for money today, I'll stop the clock and go climbing or something.

So yeah, I bill 20-30 hours each week, but they're good hours. Back in my salaried days I'd often find my butt in the Aeron for a good 60 hours a week, much of which was spent debating where to go for lunch, reading the internet, and maintaining the corporate HalfLife server. I doubt I got any more productive hours in then than I do now.

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Re:Poll: How many hours do you work a week? by akavlie on Thursday August 04, 2011 @04:11AM (#2845107)

Exactly. I've had a similar experience consulting, and wondered if it was the same for others... or if they're just loose with counting hours.

The only time I've been able to rack up more than 20~25 hours is when I work at the client's office (as I've been doing for the past couple of months).

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Re:Poll: How many hours do you work a week? by keyle on Thursday August 04, 2011 @05:43AM (#2845264)

I do the same, good man.

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Re:Poll: How many hours do you work a week? by skrebbel on Thursday August 04, 2011 @09:00AM (#2845732)

back at d-cibel industries, i only worked something like 10 hours a week.

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Re:Poll: How many hours do you work a week? by tomgruner on Thursday August 04, 2011 @08:09AM (#2845590)

I also started billing this way earlier this year and it has helped me focus. Now if I get distracted while I work I feel like I am wasting time, and know I am not going to be rewarded for it.

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Re:Poll: How many hours do you work a week? by vishgm on Thursday August 04, 2011 @08:41AM (#2845684)

So, true. I too do the same.

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