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Looking at my day as a carpenter, then:
- 30 minutes break
- 30 minutes startup/cleanup
- 1 hour moving stuff/between jobs
- 6 hours ostensibly working; 4-5 hours focused
And what I expect of SDEs, now:
- 1 hour breaks
- 1-2 hours communicate (email, CRs, meetings, etc)
- 1 hour continuing education/corporate overhead
- 4-5 hours writing code/tasks
I’m always skeptical when I hear people are doing more than around 4 hours of coding a day — and start to wonder what’s being skipped.
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Looking at my day as a carpenter, then:
- 30 minutes break
- 30 minutes startup/cleanup
- 1 hour moving stuff/between jobs
- 6 hours ostensibly working; 4-5 hours focused
And what I expect of SDEs, now:
- 1 hour breaks
- 1-2 hours communicate (email, CRs, meetings, etc)
- 1 hour continuing education/corporate overhead
- 4-5 hours writing code/tasks
I’m always skeptical when I hear people are doing more than around 4 hours of coding a day — and start to wonder what’s being skipped.