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I also have a day job (like many aspiring startup founders here I guess), so I expected to find some insight here :) (some way to cheat some sleep patterns, cra

I also have a day job (like many aspiring startup founders here I guess), so I expected to find some insight here :) (some way to cheat some sleep patterns, cramming code in some way or whatever). So, in your case, you only do some coding on your day off and Saturday-Sunday afternoons/nights? Guess I'll be on the same boat. The post then wanders into digressions on Focus, self improvement and other observations that read very disconnected to me, and took away from the main point of the post (they may be valuable, but I'll have to process and digest them myself, as they aren't explained much, just thrown together). I don't want to sound harsh, just some constructive criticism which I hope better blog writers than myself can expand (or refute :) ).

umjames 16y ago
Yeah, the title makes you think the article is going to be about ways to work on your projects while keeping your day job. I was looking for things like maximizing efficiency while coding on nights and weekends, or lunch, or downtime, or something.
- messel 16y ago
  That's funny I was hoping by posting the article here I could get better tips from HN members about how to more efficiently cram in hacking time into my schedule. I'll certainly continue posting along this topic line as I uncover more tips that work for me. I need to monitor hard metrics for application development (commits) while trying out different time saver tricks.
messel 16y ago
Appreciate the criticism. Understanding expectations is part of becoming a stronger writer. I post daily to polish/practice, but I can see now how I jumped from time saving tips to focus in the same piece without a fluid connector. Thanks.