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I have always said this. For many years working at a large defense contractor (SAIC, now called Leidos) I only worked 32 hours a week, and when at work, I woul
by mark_l_watson 6y ago
I have always said this.
For many years working at a large defense contractor (SAIC, now called Leidos) I only worked 32 hours a week, and when at work, I would often talk co-workers into taking walks around La Jolla Cove, near of office, when we had to plan work, discuss problems or improvements with our software, etc. That was decades ago, and I feel that it was the correct strategy for getting valuable work done and making a positive impact.
A little off topic, but I have been exploring ways to spend much less time at my computers, easier for me to do now that I am (mostly) retired. As an experiment, I have been using a high compute capacity VPS and a small iPad Pro to write code examples and do some of the actual writing for a second edition of a book [1]. I find that I do even more thinking away from any device, usually while hiking or walking around the block. I do cheat and occasionally plug my iPad into a large high resolution monitor that my mosh client takes great advantage of. +1 for Mosh + tmux + a VPS far more powerful than a laptop.
[1] https://leanpub.com/hy-lisp-python/ https://leanpub.com/hy-lisp-python/