How many hours do you work?

[NormDroid]

Same here, I no longer work for free.

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[John M Drescher]

It depends on how close we are to a deadline and if we count the hours I work at home. I never just work 40 hours but there have been times where I have gone several months in a row of 80 hour weeks and I do not get any overtime.

John

[Chris Austin]

On my consulting work, I log about 15 - 20 hours a week. I expect I am far from the norm on this site. But, I have two other businesses that generate income for me.

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[Corinna John]

My contract says 39 hours/week. Sometimes it is a little more, sometimes it is a little less, but in the average I actually work 39 hours.

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[Aaron VanWieren]

Good site, unfortunately I am certifiable by there criteria! :-D

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[Baconbutty]

36.25 Gone are the days of wondering how to solve a code problem on my way home. The door shuts, mind closes until tomorrow. I work to live and my family life is WAY more important than this place.

I still remember having to write your own code in FORTRAN rather than be a cut and paste merchant being pampered by colour coded Intellisense - ahh proper programming - those were the days :)

[StevenWalsh]

norm .net wrote:

Same here, I no longer work for free.

I've realized that if i'm working for free on my personal time... it should be something that I WANT to do..

[james_dixon_2008]

You guys work so much... 80-90 hrs of work with no fun..you all must be a millionare ..isn't it ? hmm One day when you ll realize to have some fun that day you might be 60+ :-D:-D:-D So work and fun should go equally...

[John M Drescher]

Baconbutty wrote:

The door shuts, mind closes until tomorrow.

You can do that? I wish I could as the only time I feel that I am away from my job is when I go on vacation and I do not bring any electronic devices with me...

John

[John M Drescher]

james_dixon_2008 wrote:

80-90 hrs of work with no fun..you all must be a millionare ..isn't it ?

Millionaire I am in the wrong profession or I entered the field too late... As for making gobs of money I believe the problem here is I get paid for 37.5 hours regardless of the actual time I work. I like to think that without the US overtime law I would actually get paid for my time but I am not sure. As a result right now, I probably make less than $20/hr worked which makes me think of the whole discussion yesterday abort the $20/hr job...

John

[John M Drescher]

brianwelsch wrote:

Much more than that and work is cutting into my personal life.

For me it cuts into the sleep. When I worked 80hr weeks I rarely slept more than 5hrs a day. I survived by a 20 minute workout each morning on a treadmill to get the blood flowing..

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[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

Somewhere between 35 and 40 hours. Sometimes more, depending on what and how much needs to be done. I try to be efficient, so that I can take it easy. Life's too short to spend in the office. :)

[John M Drescher]

I used to be in that category but my girlfriend now prevents that so I am in the 50 to 60 category most of the time.

John

[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

Marc Clifton wrote:

Work? This isn't work. It's play.

Enlivening the adage "All work and no play makes jack a dull boy".:)

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[Vasudevan Deepak Kumar]

brianwelsch wrote:

work is cutting into my personal life

I strongly agree. It actually plays havoc into productivity and performance in fact.

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[Ernest Laurentin]

Around 36-45 hours. I don't exceed 50hours, that's for sure. If I consider personal projects and consultant work, then I am spending around 65hours/week. God bless, Ernest Laurentin

[ednrgc]

I hardly ever work overtime, unless we're in a pinch. I am usually far ahead of schedule, thus not needing to stay late. I will stay late when necessary, and I will stay late if a co-worker is in need also. Other than that, there is no valid reason that will keep me away from my family. They are paramount to me.

[Aaron VanWieren]

Mental visualization is a terrible and wonderful thing, aint it!! Sometimes I forget that I get paid for this. I love the feeling of realization, you know, you pulled out your hair, looked at the problem every way possible, and then you are talking with your wife and all of a sudden, AHA, the solution becomes so clear. I know, visualizing code during discussions is bad, but it is not always controllable. :-D Aaron

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[code frog 0]

You have yellow-belt-syndrome. I'll never forget studying Kenpo for years... when I got my yellow belt. I thought I could take all comers and leave em hurting. I was ready to take on the world. I studied forever. I worked out at every session. I starched my clothing rigorously. I put all I had into it. Then a rather veteran brown belt (my older brother, who is one heck of an awesome guy) pulled me over and said, "Look. Rome wasn't built in day. New York doesn't get it all done in 8 hours. Inspiration is great but make sure you temper your inspiration with a balance for the rest of your life." As young as I was I had no clue what he meant. Then I became self-employed in 2004 and started working 100 hour weeks in a fight for family and life. He gave me the same chat and at 30 I was too young to understand what he meant. Now at 33 I understand what he meant. If you are truly inspired that is one thing. But use caution lest your inspiration become you. I'd suggest that your wife may not want "more" of your time but she wants her time with you to have "more" value. I don't know this for certain but all I can say is defer to your wife in this. God help me for saying this but our wives seem to understand our needs better than we do. I think your wife is vocalizing more concern over you and working so much than she is over time with her. She's putting herself on your chopping block though to try and make you see that. If you are more curious then you need to give me a call sometime so I can tell you more of my story, what it *now* means to me and why I think you should get your job done and then *RACE* home to be with your wife who will someday be the matriarch of your family. Marines have a few sayings that I like: - "Pain is weakness leaving the body." - "God, Country, Corp, Family" But here's my own saying: - "Put your family higher up in your priorities than you place yourself and then start counting your many blessings." What really got me was watching my grandparents die. My grandfather was a brilliant nuclear physicist, built Anderson Dam and ran it for 25 years. He was the most loving knife craftsmen you have ever seen. He neglected his family and devoted his life to his work. We still loved him and we tried so hard to be there for him. But he died by having massive heart failure in the bathroom, falling over and rupturing his skull on the toilet and he was entirely alone. My mother found him hours later. My grandmother dedicated her entire life to her family. Her grandchildren she counted as her greatest bles

[Member 96]

12-18 hours a day every day with few exceptions from September to May then zero hours a day from June through August.

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