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> Since March of last year, I began basically working two jobs: every day after I sign off from work at Sourcegraph, I spend around 8 hours working on game deve

by tiagod 6y ago

> Since March of last year, I began basically working two jobs: every day after I sign off from work at Sourcegraph, I spend around 8 hours working on game development. How does one do this and still sleep? Is your position at Sourcegraph still part-time?

slimsag 6y ago
No, I work full-time at Sourcegraph (and do quite a lot there, if I’m being honest.) I work 10am-6pm at Sourcegraph generally, and 6pm-2am on Hexops, sleeping ~7-6 hours generally. Working weekends also helps me get a lot more time into side projects.
- tweetle_beetle 6y ago
  Doing what you love is generally good for your mental health, but I can't imagine feeling anything but terrible being at a computer for 14 hours a day (assuming you stop for basic bodily functions) and 7 days a week. How long can/do you sustain that for?
  - slimsag 6y ago
    Been doing it a year and a half now, almost, and I don't see any issue continuing. There are only 3 things that would prevent someone from doing this: (1) mental health, (2) social commitments, (3) physical health It's about setting yourself up to prioritize your time in the way you want to spend it: * I'd rather spend 2 hours coding than going to the store, so I get everything delivered. * I would go crazy in a small SF apartment, I pay less and get a huge house in Phoenix. I work in ~5 different places throughout the day. * Before I eat, sleep, shower, etc. I always make sure I have a difficult problem on my mind that I can try to solve in my head. * I make sure to save "grunt work" coding for when I'm decompressing, watching TV, etc. Multi-tasking is a blessing, learn to master it. * I have a treadmill standing desk that I walk ~10 miles a week on while coding. If I need to write code, I walk slowly for a long time. If I have a difficult problem to solve, I run fast for a short time while thinking about it. I wouldn't suggest anybody do this as aggressively as I am - but I would suggest people pay attention to where they want to be in life and where they spend their time. Time stops for nobody.
    - skinnymuch 6y ago
      I don’t want to do that kind of life style forever. But likely have to for some time. This comment is inspiring. Good to have the caveats as well.

by tiagod 6y ago

slimsag 6y ago

No, I work full-time at Sourcegraph (and do quite a lot there, if I’m being honest.) I work 10am-6pm at Sourcegraph generally, and 6pm-2am on Hexops, sleeping ~7-6 hours generally. Working weekends also helps me get a lot more time into side projects.

tweetle_beetle 6y ago
Doing what you love is generally good for your mental health, but I can't imagine feeling anything but terrible being at a computer for 14 hours a day (assuming you stop for basic bodily functions) and 7 days a week. How long can/do you sustain that for?
- slimsag 6y ago
  Been doing it a year and a half now, almost, and I don't see any issue continuing. There are only 3 things that would prevent someone from doing this: (1) mental health, (2) social commitments, (3) physical health It's about setting yourself up to prioritize your time in the way you want to spend it: * I'd rather spend 2 hours coding than going to the store, so I get everything delivered. * I would go crazy in a small SF apartment, I pay less and get a huge house in Phoenix. I work in ~5 different places throughout the day. * Before I eat, sleep, shower, etc. I always make sure I have a difficult problem on my mind that I can try to solve in my head. * I make sure to save "grunt work" coding for when I'm decompressing, watching TV, etc. Multi-tasking is a blessing, learn to master it. * I have a treadmill standing desk that I walk ~10 miles a week on while coding. If I need to write code, I walk slowly for a long time. If I have a difficult problem to solve, I run fast for a short time while thinking about it. I wouldn't suggest anybody do this as aggressively as I am - but I would suggest people pay attention to where they want to be in life and where they spend their time. Time stops for nobody.
  - skinnymuch 6y ago
    I don’t want to do that kind of life style forever. But likely have to for some time. This comment is inspiring. Good to have the caveats as well.