Programmers: How tired are you? Research on fatigue in the workplace.
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How many hours do you sleep typically, in a day?
Typical workday, or average including sleeping in on weekends?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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Coding excites me and gives me a purpose to go on. It does not fatigue me, it gives me strength. It makes me a veritable superman, why, it makes me a stallion in the bedroom.
I call BS. Anyway Coding for myself for fun. Yes that is good. Coding for CRUD screens so that someone can enter an Insurance Claim Faster so that the 'Company' can deny coverage quicker and save more money so that some fat cat can line their own pockets with more premiums? Not sooo much fun. Hard to get motivated for that. Working for Elon Musk? yes please Clickity[^] Working for Insurance? ummm Yawn! Clickity[^] All that being said I do have to pay the bills or the DW gets annoyed.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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Do we get prizes for participating? I'd help the survey for some ice cream or a t-shirt.
Mike Goldweber
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Time and Motion men by another name still smell the same.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I call BS. Anyway Coding for myself for fun. Yes that is good. Coding for CRUD screens so that someone can enter an Insurance Claim Faster so that the 'Company' can deny coverage quicker and save more money so that some fat cat can line their own pockets with more premiums? Not sooo much fun. Hard to get motivated for that. Working for Elon Musk? yes please Clickity[^] Working for Insurance? ummm Yawn! Clickity[^] All that being said I do have to pay the bills or the DW gets annoyed.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
Of course, I do have the added advantage of actually owning the company so I don't have to work for "the man" (whoever the man is).
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Coding excites me and gives me a purpose to go on. It does not fatigue me, it gives me strength. It makes me a veritable superman, why, it makes me a stallion in the bedroom.
And then you woke up.
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I have, on more than one occasion, jumped awake to witness an emacs buffer filled with lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll... seems l is where my fingers like to sleep. By the way, this is my first ever post to CP (after years of lurking). Jim
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We are researchers conducting a survey on fatigue and programming. http://checkbox.io/studies/?id=542c520300b6a6f927000182[^] We previously studied other factors of in the workplace (e.g., Programmer, Interrupted). Your answers will help researchers gather data about fatigue and investigate possible detection and alleviation mechanisms. This will also help us understand and investigate an opposite state of fatigue: flow. Serious and fun answers welcome in the thread :)
I'm too tired to waste time on surveys! ;)
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I have, on more than one occasion, jumped awake to witness an emacs buffer filled with lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll... seems l is where my fingers like to sleep. By the way, this is my first ever post to CP (after years of lurking). Jim
Well, keep on lurking, and don't hesitate a post here in there!!:thumbsup: :-D
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
it makes me a stallion in the bedroom.
Not a comparison I would be comfortable with, have you actually seen a stallion at work, I like to think 30 seconds is a little too quick.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
And they don't care where they poop either.
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Great survey. The act of sitting down all day long for programmers takes its toll. Not only do we get eye strain, which makes us seem tired. We get brain strain. And to top it off the metabolism drops because we're sitting down in the first place. To make it even worse, all this sitting is bad for the back and family jewels. In other words, we ain't a healthy lot.
Jeremy Falcon
I run or work out during the middle of the day. That break is pretty important for me, both physically and mentally. The folks who just sit there and crank code for eight hours straight seem like pallid zombies by the end of the day.
Software Zen:
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I run or work out during the middle of the day. That break is pretty important for me, both physically and mentally. The folks who just sit there and crank code for eight hours straight seem like pallid zombies by the end of the day.
Software Zen:
delete this;That's a good idea. I used to do that. I still workout in the mornings but a mid-day walk I can do.
Jeremy Falcon
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That's a good idea. I used to do that. I still workout in the mornings but a mid-day walk I can do.
Jeremy Falcon
I think the physical activity causes a fundamental shift in what your brain is being asked to do. That shift gives the analytical/intuitive side a break in favor of the sensory and emotional. I've come back from runs with fresh perspectives on technical issues more times than I can count. It also reduces the occasional need to have my big debut on CNN, because of something my coworkers have pulled :rolleyes: in the morning.
Software Zen:
delete this;