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Profession: CIO - Full time at company of roughly 3400 employees - [6:45 AM] - Wake up, take out dog - [7:45 AM] - Place kids in the car, off to car pool

Profession: CIO - Full time at company of roughly 3400 employees - [6:45 AM] - Wake up, take out dog - [7:45 AM] - Place kids in the car, off to car pool - [8:25 AM] - Arrive at work - [8:30 - 9:30 AM] - Catch up on email and news - [9:30 - 11:45 AM] - Work on whatever - [11:45 - 12:45 PM] - Head to gym and get workout in - [12:45 PM - 5:45 PM] - Work on whatever - [5:45 PM - 7:45 PM] - Head home, spend time with family - [7:45 PM - 11:30 PM] - Work on either full time or personal projects on laptop while on the couch with the wife - [11:30 PM - 1:30 AM] - Work on personal projects - [1:30 AM] - Bed Working on whatever during the day can include: attending meetings, checking in with the team, helping out on servers, writing code, architecting solutions, <insert whatever here>. Because I still write code and devops/admin, etc, I wouldn't consider myself a typical CIO...and I very much prefer it that way. I know and understand our entire stack, and I find this simple fact crucial to effectively driving innovation.

gshakir 9y ago
Wow, less than 6 hours of sleep. Is that sustainable?
- rufugee 9y ago
  I'm in my mid-forties now, and I've been doing it since my mid-twenties, so it is for awhile. I doubt I'll still be doing it in my mid-fifties ;-)
- pinouchon 9y ago
  It depends on your genome
  - fapjacks 9y ago
    It does, but at least for me, the ritual requires a bit more work than that. My whole family is good with less than 8 hours of sleep and interestingly, growing up it was seen as a symptom of a problem if we slept for 8 or more hours. I am usually good with 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night, but in order to maintain that, I must ensure that I don't oversleep on the weekends, or my whatever thing gets out of whack and my body wants to oversleep on other days. I've also got to maintain my exercise regime, because for some reason, when I work out, I feel good and totally refreshed after 5-6 hours of sleep. But if I haven't worked out for a few days, or I overslept on the weekend, it takes me a week and some exercise to get back into feeling refreshed after only 5-6 hours of sleep.
- omg_ketchup 9y ago
  No. Source: I sleep less than 6 hours most nights.
- david-cako 9y ago
  5 or 6er here. Sleeping 12-14 on the weekends helps.
- alatkins 9y ago
  Parent with two young kids here. I find it's quality over quantity. A sound 4-5 hours is far preferable to a broken 7-8 hours.
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mcheshier 9y ago
I couldn't operate at a high level with that amount of sleep. You must be one of those rare people who don't need 7+ hours of sleep to function.
- rufugee 9y ago
  I generally don't. I'm lucky to get seven hours of sleep...most of the time it's six or less. If I only get 4-ish, I can feel it, but anything over 5 leaves me feeling normal...or what is normal to me.

gshakir 9y ago

Wow, less than 6 hours of sleep. Is that sustainable?

rufugee 9y ago
I'm in my mid-forties now, and I've been doing it since my mid-twenties, so it is for awhile. I doubt I'll still be doing it in my mid-fifties ;-)
pinouchon 9y ago
It depends on your genome
- fapjacks 9y ago
  It does, but at least for me, the ritual requires a bit more work than that. My whole family is good with less than 8 hours of sleep and interestingly, growing up it was seen as a symptom of a problem if we slept for 8 or more hours. I am usually good with 5 or 6 hours of sleep a night, but in order to maintain that, I must ensure that I don't oversleep on the weekends, or my whatever thing gets out of whack and my body wants to oversleep on other days. I've also got to maintain my exercise regime, because for some reason, when I work out, I feel good and totally refreshed after 5-6 hours of sleep. But if I haven't worked out for a few days, or I overslept on the weekend, it takes me a week and some exercise to get back into feeling refreshed after only 5-6 hours of sleep.
omg_ketchup 9y ago
No. Source: I sleep less than 6 hours most nights.
david-cako 9y ago
5 or 6er here. Sleeping 12-14 on the weekends helps.
alatkins 9y ago
Parent with two young kids here. I find it's quality over quantity. A sound 4-5 hours is far preferable to a broken 7-8 hours.

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mcheshier 9y ago

I couldn't operate at a high level with that amount of sleep. You must be one of those rare people who don't need 7+ hours of sleep to function.

rufugee 9y ago
I generally don't. I'm lucky to get seven hours of sleep...most of the time it's six or less. If I only get 4-ish, I can feel it, but anything over 5 leaves me feeling normal...or what is normal to me.