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Depends on how you classify "productive" in a 40-50hr work week I would say 50-60% is productive actual work (i.e writing a program, or doing the actual task y

by syshum 5y ago

Depends on how you classify "productive" in a 40-50hr work week I would say 50-60% is productive actual work (i.e writing a program, or doing the actual task you are paid to do), 10-15% is administrative (making task list, organizing your work, reporting about your work, etc) 10-15% is meetings about your work, 10-15% is socialization with co-workers, unofficial breaks, informal meetings, etc. So if you do not count the other time as "productive" which I could and would challenge then that 4hr number holds true.

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
I don't know really. Several years ago, I got to visit Groupon HQ in Chicago (yes, really! :). I'm an 2nd generation computer person - I started using them in very late 70s and working professionally with them in the middle of the 80s, and even though I was a part of the .com boom, I've been away from that sort of world for decades. Wandering around that place for several hours my main though was "wow, how does anyone ever actually get any work done in this environment, which seems to be designed to encourage people to spend their whole day engaging with other people".
- kkodaxeroo 5y ago
  I once visited the opening of a new library, and found myself getting outraged when I looked around at the desks and sitting areas and places where one was supposed to be able to sit down and read a book ---- they were all totally exposed to visibility by everyone else in the entire room in such a way that I knew I could never be comfortable reading a book in this library. And that made me very angry. Yet the fault is somehow mine, as this FISHBOWL architecture is cool and all the rage. Guess I have to take the book home if I want to read it without being WATCHED.
WhisperingShiba 5y ago
You could also be a statistical anomaly with regards to how long you can work. If I were to bet, users of Hackernews have a higher focus time than most people right now, through training or otherwise.

by syshum 5y ago

PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago

I don't know really. Several years ago, I got to visit Groupon HQ in Chicago (yes, really! :). I'm an 2nd generation computer person - I started using them in very late 70s and working professionally with them in the middle of the 80s, and even though I was a part of the .com boom, I've been away from that sort of world for decades. Wandering around that place for several hours my main though was "wow, how does anyone ever actually get any work done in this environment, which seems to be designed to encourage people to spend their whole day engaging with other people".

kkodaxeroo 5y ago
I once visited the opening of a new library, and found myself getting outraged when I looked around at the desks and sitting areas and places where one was supposed to be able to sit down and read a book ---- they were all totally exposed to visibility by everyone else in the entire room in such a way that I knew I could never be comfortable reading a book in this library. And that made me very angry. Yet the fault is somehow mine, as this FISHBOWL architecture is cool and all the rage. Guess I have to take the book home if I want to read it without being WATCHED.

WhisperingShiba 5y ago

You could also be a statistical anomaly with regards to how long you can work. If I were to bet, users of Hackernews have a higher focus time than most people right now, through training or otherwise.