I had to track hours in recent jobs. I have tried a lot of tools, but found that Hamster's Gnome3 extension was the least distracting, and actually helped to ke

I had to track hours in recent jobs. I have tried a lot of tools, but found that Hamster's Gnome3 extension was the least distracting, and actually helped to keep me on task. I will only got better at predicting time, when log/report ing real-hours not expected-hours. I also set a maximum time spent blocked on tasks, ideally a short period, and reported every time I go beyond that point. This way if I needed help, I could get it. If help is not provided, employers wont be surprised by work schedule.