a vote about working efficiency
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For me its morning. Whether I'm getting to work by 7:00 and enjoying the quiet time, or whether I'm coding at 3 am enjoying the quiet time. But really it all depends on the work. If I'm creating something and I'm on a roll, then I'll code 15 hours straight and I have to pry my cramped fingers from the keyboard and force myself to go to sleep, but I'm always worried I'll lose my momentum. That thought gets canceled by the fifth stupid mistake though. But if I have to do some mundane piece of work, like back update design docs from the code which are supposed to be there to drive the code, well... I tend to drown in self pity for being stuck in such an organization. Company policy to have a design doc. "OK, ready to begin, where's the doc?" "Go ahead and code it and then update the doc." Heh. The docs consist of pseudo code. Ha! Glad I don't work there anymore... the refreshing relief of salvation.
I've heard more said about less.
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Member 3828506 wrote:
What should it matter. A company should only care that you are at you peak sometime while your working for them.
Zackly. I get paid to produce results. It's none of their business how many hours I'm productive as long as I meet my deadlines. -CB ;-)
CodeBubba wrote:
Zackly. I get paid to produce results. It's none of their business how many hours I'm productive as long as I meet my deadlines.
I've had this discussion with my boss more than once, but in order to get him to see my side, I have to have periods where I produce 12 hours of work in the 4 hours that I'm actually productive. Luckily, I'm a tricky so-and-so ;-)
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Pawel Krakowiak wrote:
I like to work in the mornings, too. The best time for me is when it's not so bright yet outside and it's quiet. But unfortunately I tend to start my day with a cup of coffee, mail, news and forums so usually it's already 10AM before I start working. [Big Grin] I almost never use the computer in the evenings, so morning is the best (and only) time that I can read news and some articles.
Yeah, that sounds a lot like my day, too. Mail/news/forums, then a burst of work, afternoon nap then a little more work before calling it a day. -CB ;-)
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CodeBubba wrote:
Yeah, that sounds a lot like my day, too. Mail/news/forums, then a burst of work, afternoon nap then a little more work before calling it a day.
hey, that's MY work schedule :omg:
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It really depends on what kind of coding i'm doing. If i'm trying to design components for a large system i'm better when i'm fresh and awake, but if i'm just knocking out some simple code, i'm more efficent when i'm a little tired because I just knock it out and I don't get bored and start playing with new ideas. I really think the better question is what drugs help you code the best in which situations? I know some coders that like to get good and baked and actually perform better, and others that get all jacked up on coffee and/or amphetamines and hammer out a 2 KLOC's an hour.
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If by "morning" you mean the time between midnight and sunrise, yes.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
blog: TDD - the Aha! | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighisthere, here.. My best coding is always done after midnight when I have absolute silence and the ability to focus on the task at hand with no distractions...
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Exactly the same for me. Only thing is I work 10:00AM to 7:00PM or so.
John
Standard hours are 9-5. I switched to 10-6 and am currently 11-7. That 2 hours at the end of the day with no distractions is my most productive.
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I agree. I work from 9-5 and the majority of my "coding blocks" are solved in the first 2 hours.
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OK, you got me. Who are the yahoos coming into your home while you're still in the bathrobe sipping zapped bean juice?
I've heard more said about less.
ok, I know I'm late responding... still... about the time people get in to their office (cubicle ville), the email and phone calls start. The only 'yahoos' I have coming through the office at home are the family. I was a bit unclear there, you think? Oh, bathrobe? Nah, I wear what my family euphemistically call "thinking pants". :)
Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Hurtling toward a government of the stupid, by the stupid, for the stupid we go. —Michelle Malkin
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If by "morning" you mean the time between midnight and sunrise, yes.
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
blog: TDD - the Aha! | Linkify!| FoldWithUs! | sighist