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How many hours are you productive for?

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As subject states. I have a sneaking suspicion that the average # is significantly less than 8 hours.

For me, it's 7~ hours a day if I plan correctly. This generally means loading easier tasks in the morning, and gradually increasing difficulty (as opposed to do all the hard **** all day everyday.)

If the tasks I have lined up are highly creative based (aka. there's no reference material, there's no reference projects, it's green and clean) it significantly shortens my ability; I can maintain this state to 1-3 hours max a day without diminishing returns/negative throughput from the future. I noticed this applies outside of work with activates such as creating vocal covers, sim racing,

Now if it's basic tasks that have a repeatable pattern (example: physically building something with clear instructions), I can keep going until I'm bored/hungry/need sleep, then I'm quitting; takes generally 2 weeks to a month.

Just curious what the "honest answers" are for this question ;)
 
Historically (back when I had a regular-hours job) 5-ish. If it didn't get done in the morning, it didn't get done.

I still try to do all jobsite visits in the morning.
 
The beautiful nature of my work is the variety so I am able to largely change to tasks throughout the day to better keep me engaged.

I write proposals
I write technical reports
I run a warehouse with physical handling of material
I provide tech support on construction sites
I run laboratory test programs
I do all my own accounting
I do presentations and present findings

I find I am able to flip between tasks during the day that allow me to stay engaged. And thus my days are usually still 8 hours of productivity at my advanced age. In younger years the days were productive for longer periods of time.

That said there are some days that an afternoon nap is a wonderful thing.
 
For me 5 - 7 hours broken up throughout the day.
 
It depends, some days I do 12 or more hours and then on others I do less then 8. I try to balance what’s required to get the job done on the longer days with a little more relaxed when I’m mot needed as much.


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Well, I know most people have a hard on for teachers, however I'll chime in...I'm online usually from 9:10 (we officially start at 9:20 but my kids come early so we can chat) and I generally end at 3:50 (have gone to 4:00 because again, my students love to chat)...we have two 15 minute recesses during which we just hang around and chat again, however I do shut down for 45 minutes for lunch...before and after those hours, I plan, mark, send/respond to emails, make parent phone calls, report cards on weekends, staff meetings (yes, even virtually) etc....so probably a good 8 hours per day with more on weekends during peak report card writing times...
 
If I was coding, 16 hours+.

If I was calculating and submitting time sheets or going through some onerous, impractical and silly implementation procedures, 10 minutes.

Now, I'm a lazy git.
 
I'm a morning person so the mentally challenging design and coding is done for the first 4-6 hours. If I get stuck on something I switch to menial crap for awhile. That tends to clear my mind and will hit the aha moment then back to the tough stuff. Afternoon is filled with little stuff I have put off doing. A good productive day, 14-16 hours. A bad, not in the mood, day, 6-7 hours.
 
Depends on how you define productive. I’m vegetative 3 hrs a day and I sleep 7 hrs a day.

the rest I consider productive.
 
Baggsy said:
If I was coding, 16 hours+.

If I was calculating and submitting time sheets or going through some onerous, impractical and silly implementation procedures, 10 minutes.

Now, I'm a lazy git.
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Damn. After 5 hours my brain hurts

How is working 16+ hours a day suistanable!?
 
As little as possible. Rather be doing something I enjoy.

Is this a work related thing?
 
george__ said:
Damn. After 5 hours my brain hurts

How is working 16+ hours a day suistanable!?
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Genetics lol

I'm friends with some of those insane powerhouses. They're super rare though. Most people who I've met who say "I work 12-16 hours" are lying out of their teeth when you look at time between commits and what was actually done.

ifiddles said:
Well, I know most people have a hard on for teachers, however I'll chime in...I'm online usually from 9:10 (we officially start at 9:20 but my kids come early so we can chat) and I generally end at 3:50 (have gone to 4:00 because again, my students love to chat)...we have two 15 minute recesses during which we just hang around and chat again, however I do shut down for 45 minutes for lunch...before and after those hours, I plan, mark, send/respond to emails, make parent phone calls, report cards on weekends, staff meetings (yes, even virtually) etc....so probably a good 8 hours per day with more on weekends during peak report card writing times...
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I don't understand why people **** on teachers. I understand the bad ones but I've done tutoring/TAing before and there's a **** ton of work outside of work to do your job correctly.

Likely the ppl with hard ons for teachers don't know how to teach, and ignorance leads to dumb assumptions.
 
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