Re:How Google's Marissa Mayer Prevents Burnout
by einhverfr on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @03:07AM
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One thing that's critical here is to internalize the wisdom in "more speed, less haste." Know yourself, and find your productivity sweet spot.
For example, I am most productive when I am doing approx 6 hrs of heavy coding a day. More than that and productivity slowly drops. Less, and I could be doing more. That leaves time for meetings, management activity, etc. Most of the time I can out-produce at least three other developers together at 6 hrs/day, and I don't care how much time they put in.
That allows really 10-12 hours of work a day max, which means really no more than 90 hours of work a week assuming doing some work every day.
For example, I am most productive when I am doing approx 6 hrs of heavy coding a day. More than that and productivity slowly drops. Less, and I could be doing more. That leaves time for meetings, management activity, etc. Most of the time I can out-produce at least three other developers together at 6 hrs/day, and I don't care how much time they put in.
That allows really 10-12 hours of work a day max, which means really no more than 90 hours of work a week assuming doing some work every day.