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> For every change it takes 36 seconds before you can get feedback and try out your changes. This might not sound like a lot, but if you are doing this for ever
by cweagans 5y ago
> For every change it takes 36 seconds before you can get feedback and try out your changes. This might not sound like a lot, but if you are doing this for every change this might happen 50 or more times per day. That’s 1800 seconds, or a half an hour that you could have spent doing other things.
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> Over a 5 day working week, this adds up to 25 hours or just over a day of time lost. So if you can solve this problem, it will be as if you worked 6 days a week instead of 5 when all you did is remove a repetitive task.
I think somebody got some wires crossed here. 36 seconds * 50 times per day * 5 days is 9000 seconds or 150 minutes per 5 day work week.
Also, it's not _exactly_ the same, but https://xkcd.com/1205/ https://xkcd.com/1205/ comes to mind.
- fprotthetarball 5y agoThey lost a decimal and went to 25 hours instead of 2.5 hours. These tips are very generic and something I'd expect any professional to know.
- aussieguy1234 5y agoGood work spotting the mistake, this section of the article has been updated with more accurate numbers. Its still a lot of time, something like the equivalent of a working week over a year. You can also automate multiple tasks, so if you automated 5 tasks that normally take you 36 seconds each you might save yourself 5 weeks in a year.