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micro-pause every 4 minutes for 20 seconds and stop working for 4 minutes every 14 minutes I doubt that's feasible for anyone working in an office, rather than

micro-pause every 4 minutes for 20 seconds and stop working for 4 minutes every 14 minutes I doubt that's feasible for anyone working in an office, rather than for themselves. I ran the numbers a bit, and I assumed: a) that you work 4 minutes, break 20s, then work for - i.e. the clock resets after the break, b) the 14m breaks are wall clock, not non-break time, and c) when you return from a 14m break, the 4m clock resets. According to this, you're taking 19m of breaks per hour. I'd be fired if I only worked 2/3 of every hour. Edit: For anyone interested, I did this in Excel and it breaks down like this: work 4m, break 20s, work 4m, break 20s, work 4m, break 20s, work 1m, break 4m, work 4m, break 20s, work 4m, break 20s, work 2m, break 4m, work 4m, break 20s, work 4m, break 20s, work 1m20s, break 4m, work 4m, break 20s, work 4m, break 20s, work 1m, break 4m

sokoloff 16y ago
Presumably most of us are adding value by a mix of activities and not just merely by typing. You can work during the forced downtime. That said, such software would drive me insane.
- AgentConundrum 16y ago
  You can read my reply to wallflower above, but the problem with my assumption was that these were "hard" breaks, not just "time I'm not actively typing something." Other than that, I've found that even non-coding tasks tend to be typing tasks for me. I almost can't stand writing by hand anymore since it just feels so slow by comparison. That said, with my wrist issues I think of writing as being a task in the same abuse category as typing. My wrist only flared up after I had written a lot by hand for the first time in months.
  - wallflower 16y ago
    Take care of yourself. I use the grip described here for handwriting. http://www.tifaq.org/articles/healing-from-a-repetitive-strain-injury-rsi.html http://www.tifaq.org/articles/healing-from-a-repetitive-stra...
wallflower 16y ago
It only counts active time (keyboard activity, mouse movement). For instance, I naturally pause for some time while thinking. If you take a break, the counter will reset automatically. Yes, it has driven my co-workers nuts when they try working on some code but I tell them to relax. As for being fired, I've proven that I can get more done than others in this setup. It's not quantity of code, per se, but fixing three to four times more bugs than other devs. That's my niche - I love fixing bugs. I don't understand why other developers claim to not like fixing bugs. For me, quality balanced with efficiency is utmost. Getting laid off would be a nice clean break.
- AgentConundrum 16y ago
  That makes sense, I suppose. I guess I was thinking about it more in terms of my own habits - since I got "carpal tunnel" (or whatever it really was that was killing my wrist last month), I've taken regular breaks where I stretch my wrists. I wasn't thinking about your setup as being strictly about "keyboard time." Thanks for the clarification.
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zedshaw 16y ago
Don't let them know. You aren't a factory worker. You can sit there with your eyes closed for a few minutes once in a while.

sokoloff 16y ago

Presumably most of us are adding value by a mix of activities and not just merely by typing. You can work during the forced downtime. That said, such software would drive me insane.

AgentConundrum 16y ago
You can read my reply to wallflower above, but the problem with my assumption was that these were "hard" breaks, not just "time I'm not actively typing something." Other than that, I've found that even non-coding tasks tend to be typing tasks for me. I almost can't stand writing by hand anymore since it just feels so slow by comparison. That said, with my wrist issues I think of writing as being a task in the same abuse category as typing. My wrist only flared up after I had written a lot by hand for the first time in months.
- wallflower 16y ago
  Take care of yourself. I use the grip described here for handwriting. http://www.tifaq.org/articles/healing-from-a-repetitive-strain-injury-rsi.html http://www.tifaq.org/articles/healing-from-a-repetitive-stra...

wallflower 16y ago

It only counts active time (keyboard activity, mouse movement). For instance, I naturally pause for some time while thinking. If you take a break, the counter will reset automatically. Yes, it has driven my co-workers nuts when they try working on some code but I tell them to relax. As for being fired, I've proven that I can get more done than others in this setup. It's not quantity of code, per se, but fixing three to four times more bugs than other devs. That's my niche - I love fixing bugs. I don't understand why other developers claim to not like fixing bugs. For me, quality balanced with efficiency is utmost. Getting laid off would be a nice clean break.

AgentConundrum 16y ago
That makes sense, I suppose. I guess I was thinking about it more in terms of my own habits - since I got "carpal tunnel" (or whatever it really was that was killing my wrist last month), I've taken regular breaks where I stretch my wrists. I wasn't thinking about your setup as being strictly about "keyboard time." Thanks for the clarification.

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zedshaw 16y ago

Don't let them know. You aren't a factory worker. You can sit there with your eyes closed for a few minutes once in a while.