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Ask HN: What hours do you work? (and what country/job)

7 points by buildops 11y ago

insoluble 11y ago
Are you asking how many hours people work, or at what times of the day people work? From the question, this is not really clear, although the former seems more likely. Furthermore, no indication of intent or reason for asking was given. For example, someone may want to know whether there are regional trends among HNer workloads. In that case, it would be useful if participants included whether the job were local, remote, contract, and or employment.
tired_man 11y ago
0500-1400 US/writer
pascalmahe 11y ago
I work 8am - 5pm with 30min to 2hrs to eat. I'm a software engineer in France. Usually the work hours for office work is more 9am - 6pm or even 6:30 at the places where I've worked.
- buildops 11y ago
  Very interesting. I always thought the stereotype of France was that they don't work a lot. That sounds very similar to my experiences.
  - pascalmahe 11y ago
    The stereotype is that we don't work a lot because we're on strike ;) (Aside: There are a lot of strikes and demonstrations because our industrial and public sectors are very unionized and that's how unions negotiate here: a good strike (with or without demonstration) as a show of force.) We also have a (theoretical) 35 hrs work-week which means around 7,5 weeks of holidays per year.
jister 11y ago
9pm to 1am - 4 hrs for overlap to the guys in PST timezone the remaining 4 hrs I do it anytime of the day. Software Developer (Philippines)
Someone1234 11y ago
8 am - 4:30 pm, 30 minutes lunch (optional: 60 minutes/5 pm finish) and two 15 minute breaks. US, programmer, state-education.
mromanuk 11y ago
Argentina - 9am to 6pm
ooooak 11y ago
Hours: 4 to 5 Location: india
bowlich 11y ago
US/Software Engineer Work remote so the day starts at 8 or 9 and typically ends around 7. Usually average around 37-42 hours per week of actual "work"
lewisgodowski 11y ago
CA, US/Software Engineer ~9am - 5:30pm
dsacco 11y ago
I work remotely from home, in New York (U.S. Eastern). My work day on paper is from 9 am until 5 pm. In actuality, I generally wake up at 9 am or so, shower, eat breakfast and catch up on news until 10 am. 10 am until 1 pm I am productive and "working." From 1 pm until 2 pm, maybe 2:30 pm I go to the gym (unless it's a rest day) for 45 minutes, then come back home and eat lunch. Then I sign back on. From 2:30 until 5 pm I am "working" again. If there isn't a pressing need for me to be available I might do a self-debrief of my to-do list and sign off at 4 pm or 4:30 pm. I then leave my office and don't enter it again until work the next day - I completely compartmentalize work life from home life (and respective hours) even though I work remotely. I've made this sort of schedule very much a priority in my life. I am paid very, very well and it allows me to pursue a comfortable work life balance, health, relationships and other projects outside work. I strictly will not work before 9 am or after 5 pm. If I need to run errands during the day, I basically just make it known that "I'm afk" for some estimation of time and come back later. If I receive emails after 5 pm for work, I don't check them until the morning. I'd estimate I have about 25 hours per week of truly pure, productive work getting accomplished. I believe most people who can work like this in the software industry should. I have very generous vacation time, but I actually need to focus on scheduling it before the end of the year simply because aside from actual trips I never feel the need to use it. Combine this with the financial and professional fulfillment this setup gives me and it's basically a dream.
- tdylan 11y ago
  If you don't mind me asking, what sort of work do you do?
  - dsacco 11y ago
    Happy to answer. Information security; specifically web and mobile penetration testing, source code auditing and security tool development. I clear close to $300k per year in cash salary, pre-tax.
finlayconn 11y ago
I work in an early stage start-up in NZ. To extent our runway, we all took part-time jobs. I work in the Operations Team of Uber. Monday 9am - 7pm Tuesday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job with Uber) Wednesday 9 am - 1pm, 1pm-7pm (part-time job) Thursday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job) Friday 9am - 5pm, 7pm - 12am (part-time job, every 2nd week) Saturday 10am -12pm (part-time job), 12pm - 5pm Usually take a 10 minute break every 2 hours, plus get lunch most days at 12.15 and return to the office by 12.40.
whatok 11y ago
6-6 US, analystish job in finance

7 points by buildops 11y ago

Are you asking how many hours people work, or at what times of the day people work? From the question, this is not really clear, although the former seems more likely. Furthermore, no indication of intent or reason for asking was given. For example, someone may want to know whether there are regional trends among HNer workloads. In that case, it would be useful if participants included whether the job were local, remote, contract, and or employment.

tired_man 11y ago

0500-1400 US/writer

pascalmahe 11y ago

I work 8am - 5pm with 30min to 2hrs to eat. I'm a software engineer in France. Usually the work hours for office work is more 9am - 6pm or even 6:30 at the places where I've worked.

buildops 11y ago
Very interesting. I always thought the stereotype of France was that they don't work a lot. That sounds very similar to my experiences.
- pascalmahe 11y ago
  The stereotype is that we don't work a lot because we're on strike ;) (Aside: There are a lot of strikes and demonstrations because our industrial and public sectors are very unionized and that's how unions negotiate here: a good strike (with or without demonstration) as a show of force.) We also have a (theoretical) 35 hrs work-week which means around 7,5 weeks of holidays per year.

jister 11y ago

9pm to 1am - 4 hrs for overlap to the guys in PST timezone the remaining 4 hrs I do it anytime of the day. Software Developer (Philippines)

Someone1234 11y ago

8 am - 4:30 pm, 30 minutes lunch (optional: 60 minutes/5 pm finish) and two 15 minute breaks. US, programmer, state-education.

mromanuk 11y ago

Argentina - 9am to 6pm

ooooak 11y ago

Hours: 4 to 5 Location: india

bowlich 11y ago

US/Software Engineer Work remote so the day starts at 8 or 9 and typically ends around 7. Usually average around 37-42 hours per week of actual "work"

lewisgodowski 11y ago

CA, US/Software Engineer ~9am - 5:30pm

dsacco 11y ago

I work remotely from home, in New York (U.S. Eastern). My work day on paper is from 9 am until 5 pm. In actuality, I generally wake up at 9 am or so, shower, eat breakfast and catch up on news until 10 am. 10 am until 1 pm I am productive and "working." From 1 pm until 2 pm, maybe 2:30 pm I go to the gym (unless it's a rest day) for 45 minutes, then come back home and eat lunch. Then I sign back on. From 2:30 until 5 pm I am "working" again. If there isn't a pressing need for me to be available I might do a self-debrief of my to-do list and sign off at 4 pm or 4:30 pm. I then leave my office and don't enter it again until work the next day - I completely compartmentalize work life from home life (and respective hours) even though I work remotely. I've made this sort of schedule very much a priority in my life. I am paid very, very well and it allows me to pursue a comfortable work life balance, health, relationships and other projects outside work. I strictly will not work before 9 am or after 5 pm. If I need to run errands during the day, I basically just make it known that "I'm afk" for some estimation of time and come back later. If I receive emails after 5 pm for work, I don't check them until the morning. I'd estimate I have about 25 hours per week of truly pure, productive work getting accomplished. I believe most people who can work like this in the software industry should. I have very generous vacation time, but I actually need to focus on scheduling it before the end of the year simply because aside from actual trips I never feel the need to use it. Combine this with the financial and professional fulfillment this setup gives me and it's basically a dream.

tdylan 11y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what sort of work do you do?
- dsacco 11y ago
  Happy to answer. Information security; specifically web and mobile penetration testing, source code auditing and security tool development. I clear close to $300k per year in cash salary, pre-tax.

finlayconn 11y ago

I work in an early stage start-up in NZ. To extent our runway, we all took part-time jobs. I work in the Operations Team of Uber. Monday 9am - 7pm Tuesday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job with Uber) Wednesday 9 am - 1pm, 1pm-7pm (part-time job) Thursday 9am - 1pm, 1pm - 7pm (part-time job) Friday 9am - 5pm, 7pm - 12am (part-time job, every 2nd week) Saturday 10am -12pm (part-time job), 12pm - 5pm Usually take a 10 minute break every 2 hours, plus get lunch most days at 12.15 and return to the office by 12.40.

whatok 11y ago

6-6 US, analystish job in finance