Re:Ask YC: how do you work for 8 hours straight?
by bayareaguy on Sunday January 13, 2008 @08:22AM
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I'm part of a distributed team. Apart from daily scrums where we all sync up, we all set our own hours.
I have a wife and two teenage kids so I work nights as much as I can and sleep during the day when they are at work and in school. We see each other in the mornings and evenings.
When I'm in a serious mood I try and get three 4 hour shifts done with a two hour break in between each. If I don't get sidetracked I can get "in the groove" for one or two of these shifts. After a few days of that or whenever I feel burnout approaching I spend one day where the work shifts are swapped out for personal/family time.
If I can't be in a serious mood for whatever reason, I just let my "work brain" idle and let my life's "garbage collection" take over until I get back on track.
I have a wife and two teenage kids so I work nights as much as I can and sleep during the day when they are at work and in school. We see each other in the mornings and evenings.
When I'm in a serious mood I try and get three 4 hour shifts done with a two hour break in between each. If I don't get sidetracked I can get "in the groove" for one or two of these shifts. After a few days of that or whenever I feel burnout approaching I spend one day where the work shifts are swapped out for personal/family time.
If I can't be in a serious mood for whatever reason, I just let my "work brain" idle and let my life's "garbage collection" take over until I get back on track.