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How many hours did you work yesterday, this week, this month?

9 points by simongauld 5y ago

Idle curiosity, how many hours did you work. Where work is number of hours claimed to boss, timekeeping software etc.

rudasn 5y ago
After many years of remote working and being mostly "always on", I have recently started a somewhat strict 9 - 3 working day. No weekends. Definetely more productive now, but maybe is due to greater focus and discipline on my part.
- tra3 5y ago
  Are you salaried or do you bill?
  - rudasn 5y ago
    I used to be a contractor, billing by the hour. Now I (try to) run my own company, but most importantly I want to spend more time with my family.
birtoise 5y ago
Very few hiehuehuehehehieheu
simongauld 5y ago
I’ll go first: 8, 40, 160 Actual is 10, 50, 200.
herbst 5y ago
About 6 hours yesterday, like 40 this week and maybe 50 this month. Productivity only kicked beginning this week :)
quickthrower2 5y ago
4/20/80 doing part time due to cfs
disgruntledphd2 5y ago
8, 40, 160. Because that's what's in my contract.
giantg2 5y ago
7.5 per day, 5 days per week.
wnkrshm 5y ago
Yesterday 8:15h This week so far 36:29h, This month so far 85:13
paulcole 5y ago
A bit over 10 yesterday. Hopefully 6 today. Boss never asks about my time but I average probably 8.5-9 hours in office a day, so around 42-45 weekly.
cm2012 5y ago
I polled HN a while back : https://imgur.com/qdSltlM https://imgur.com/qdSltlM Looks like a perfect normal distribution around 4-8 hours a day, not affected by seniority. The original poll: https://strawpoll.com/47x15cf1 https://strawpoll.com/47x15cf1
_prototype_ 5y ago
I think a more interesting question is how many hours of actual work did you do in a day, as opposed to the company required hours. 8 hours a day required by company Probably work closer to 5.
mikewarot 5y ago
0 - I've been sick since last March, (long covid?!?) a few minutes of physical activity, and I have to rest for an hour or two. I'm no longer physically fit enough to make gears. If someone needed a grumpy old pascal programmer, that number could increase somewhat. ;-)
- tailspin2019 5y ago
  Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon!
wilsonjohn 5y ago
12, 60, 200 - have been a intense month for fundraise and getting the new version of product out

9 points by simongauld 5y ago

Idle curiosity, how many hours did you work. Where work is number of hours claimed to boss, timekeeping software etc.

After many years of remote working and being mostly "always on", I have recently started a somewhat strict 9 - 3 working day. No weekends. Definetely more productive now, but maybe is due to greater focus and discipline on my part.

tra3 5y ago
Are you salaried or do you bill?
- rudasn 5y ago
  I used to be a contractor, billing by the hour. Now I (try to) run my own company, but most importantly I want to spend more time with my family.

birtoise 5y ago

Very few hiehuehuehehehieheu

simongauld 5y ago

I’ll go first: 8, 40, 160 Actual is 10, 50, 200.

herbst 5y ago

About 6 hours yesterday, like 40 this week and maybe 50 this month. Productivity only kicked beginning this week :)

quickthrower2 5y ago

4/20/80 doing part time due to cfs

disgruntledphd2 5y ago

8, 40, 160. Because that's what's in my contract.

giantg2 5y ago

7.5 per day, 5 days per week.

wnkrshm 5y ago

Yesterday 8:15h This week so far 36:29h, This month so far 85:13

paulcole 5y ago

A bit over 10 yesterday. Hopefully 6 today. Boss never asks about my time but I average probably 8.5-9 hours in office a day, so around 42-45 weekly.

cm2012 5y ago

I polled HN a while back : https://imgur.com/qdSltlM https://imgur.com/qdSltlM Looks like a perfect normal distribution around 4-8 hours a day, not affected by seniority. The original poll: https://strawpoll.com/47x15cf1 https://strawpoll.com/47x15cf1

_prototype_ 5y ago

I think a more interesting question is how many hours of actual work did you do in a day, as opposed to the company required hours. 8 hours a day required by company Probably work closer to 5.

mikewarot 5y ago

0 - I've been sick since last March, (long covid?!?) a few minutes of physical activity, and I have to rest for an hour or two. I'm no longer physically fit enough to make gears. If someone needed a grumpy old pascal programmer, that number could increase somewhat. ;-)

tailspin2019 5y ago
Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon!

wilsonjohn 5y ago

12, 60, 200 - have been a intense month for fundraise and getting the new version of product out