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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by shortrounddev2 on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:18PM (#36365745)
7 straight hours of anything will fry me. But most people in the technology field (hell, any field) don't work for 7 straight hours. They work for a couple hours at a time and take breaks in between. I'd be surprised if most office workers do more than 4 hours of actual work a day
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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by metabagel on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:27PM (#36365813)
Bingo
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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by deprecative on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:02PM (#36366458)
It depends on whether or not you count pretending to be busy as work.
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Re:John Carmack on shorter work weeks (2016) by laurels-marts on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:01AM (#36368524)
People are very different. My gf cannot sit down and work for more than an hour before she needs to go for a walk and take breaks. In general, she doesn’t find office/computer work fulfilling and is looking for a more dynamic career.

I on the other hand can go 12 hours getting up once or twice to go to WC and will skip lunch. Taking a break most of the time sounds like a punishment. When I’m working on a problem and hold a lot of information in my working memory taking a break would only set me way back. Meetings are avoided unless absolutely necessary. Emails and messages are answered before I shut down as they don’t require much focus. That’s how I love working. But I’m also very introverted and robotic. I need to find a more balanced approach and appreciate my gf’s influence on me but it doesn’t come naturally to me.

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