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I have been programming for a decade now and over the course of the last 10 years at 3 different employers, I probably average 15 hours per week of coding. The rest of the time I spend reading and surfing the web. I've never had a job that actually kept me busy for any extended period of time. Using the RAD tools from Microsoft and Telerik, it just never takes me that long to make the programs / code needed.
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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To paraphrase what my old Physics teacher used to say, typing is not a lot of work[^]. Yes, there is a force (pressure from the fingers), and movement (a small perturbation of the keys) and therefore work has been done but its magnitude is small. Similarly with a mouse.
According to current theories of the mind no work is done when thinking.
I did more work in one hour in my garden at the weekend than I did all month at my job
Graham
Librarians rule, Ook!
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Reminds me of a quote: 'do a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life!'
Depends on your definition of work tho If you're doing work that is specialized, you don't have to work *hard* Plus you get satisfaction from doing *important* work too... not just hard work.
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
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That completely disregards the amount of energy burned by the brain while developing software.
Which for some, still isn't a lot.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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There is a saying in China:Able people should do more work.
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and the disabled / elderly should do what?
Craigslist Troll: litaly@comcast.net
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. "
— Hunter S. Thompson
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If you include my Gym time, break time, travel time, getting ready for work time, besides work and meetings, surely i cross 80 hours a week
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What about sleeping time? Cos you can't work without a good sleep
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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Do you include the time in the shower, the drive to work, eating dinner when your thinking over that problem that has been bugging you all day long. How many napkins have been filled with scribbles.
Why is it when you are busy everyone whats it yesterday, But when your not no-one has any work for you?
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i'm only in a practical training?that sounds work? although i like to sleep besides my supervisor during office hours.
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Sleep???
You know that even a healthy 60 years old man has slept for 20 years, hence has waisted lots of his time given to spend here in earth. You anyway be sleeping after you die.. so stay awake as much as you can while living here...
- A random opportunity is like a taller chair, those who sit hang on, those who hang on fall
L.W.C. Nirosh.
Colombo,
Sri Lanka.
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i try to stay awake as could as i can....hahahaa thanx
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Normally we work 37.5 hours each week (7.5 hour days). But in the summer we work an extra 40 minutes each day and get every other Friday off. Then we don't have to use our vacation so much to get a few extra days in the sun during the summer. Anyone else have a program like that?
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I work four 9-hr days every week, then leave by noon every Friday.
To be fair, within reasonable limits, I can make my own hours.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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My first 'real' job was a bit like that. We started at 8:30am daily, but finished at 5, 5:15, 5:15, 5, 4pm M-F for a total of 37 hrs a week. Our department had a Time Off In Lieu (of overtime pay) so that we worked an extra 1/2 hour M-Thu and finished work at noon, Friday.
And - we got to watch Concorde taking off from the private runway, now and again!
Sadly, I've never had a job like that, since.
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Kschuler wrote: Normally we work 37.5 hours each week (7.5 hour days). But in the summer we work an extra 40 minutes each day and get every other Friday off.
We work 9 hr a day and just get 2nd and 4th Saturday off. compare to your schedule the working Saturday is too much for us.
Kschuler wrote: Anyone else have a program like that? Anyone want to have program like that.
Believe Yourself™
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Ouch. That kind of schedule just doesn't sound healthy.
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We have flexitime, officially we work 35 hours, but most of us do 40 or more because 1) it gets the job done and 2) you get more days off. At busy times we can do upto 50 hours, if we need more we get overtime paid. I did 60 hours a week for 6 months once (overtime and Saturdays) and it nearly killed me.
Working too long is not productive. I find after 8 hours coding I can't see straight and I make too many mistakes.
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consider using a fine work-work balance.
but what about your life
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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cheers to your devotion for work.
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Maybe money has something to do with it too
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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What exactly means work ?
Is it how much output( business value) produced or just sitting in front of office computer or attending meetings/Trainings ?
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it's not about productivity, it's about being unfree!
A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station....
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My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.
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On the train and bus station jibe and comparing it to work...
Aren't train station and bus station - places where a train or bus starts too...
So are you really looking at glass half-full or half-empty? Perspective matters !
- Jive Master
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