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Obviously it depends on the nature of the work but I believe the research actually supports this position. Certainly my experience of coding is that you can do
by Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
Obviously it depends on the nature of the work but I believe the research actually supports this position.
Certainly my experience of coding is that you can do extra hours for a short while and get some benefit but more than a couple of weeks and that starts falling away pretty rapidly.
Even in the short term though it's limited. Beyond midnight (assuming that I've started at 9am-ish and worked relatively solidly) I'm pretty much breaking as much as I'm fixing, plus I tend to be setting myself up for a pretty significant productivity hit the day after.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoThe trick is to do difficult work early, and save the easy/boring grunt work for the 8-midnight period.
- Tyrannosaurs 16y agoInteresting. Personally I find the more boring the work the more likely I am to mess it up when tired. At least something tricky gives you some mental stimulation which helps you push through the tiredness and stay focused (or as focused as you can be). Sure there are those days when you're knackered so you just tidy your inbox, sort out your expenses and so on but most people really don't have that much work of that nature to do.