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Quite a bit i'd imagine. I used to write lots of code at all hours of the day, 8 hours at work, 6+ hours at home. Then i had kids, and while i still write cod
by 8fingerlouie 7y ago
Quite a bit i'd imagine.
I used to write lots of code at all hours of the day, 8 hours at work, 6+ hours at home.
Then i had kids, and while i still write code 8 hours a day at work, i rarely find the time to write anything in my spare time anymore.
Every now and then i have "some project" that i'm working on, but it's mostly in bursts of 2-3 days, followed by 3-5 days of "doing nothing". The 2-3 days are _not_ weekends, and i usually end up losing sleep over it.
Kids are relentless, and no matter how late you stayed up, they still get up at 6 AM, and needs to be taken to kindergarten/school, and requires you to be (mentally) present in the afternoon/evening.
I guess you could talk about a "soft burnout" happening from the 2-3 days burst.
I'm trying to change the burst periods into more frequent, shorter periods of 1-2 hours, hoping the increased frequency will reduce the "ramp up" time while getting "into the zone".
- inlined 7y agoAnd there are other things that distract us with age. Eg I recently bought a house. Now I’m always coming home to do housework instead of coding. Also burnout can happen from acute events which we are more likely to run into over time. I hit a specific conflict at work and mostly lost the will to work OT for years after that.