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Funnily enough Im more the opposite. Give me 10 hour days for 3 days a week and I'd jump at the chance. An extra 2 hours at the end of the day isnt much to get

Funnily enough Im more the opposite. Give me 10 hour days for 3 days a week and I'd jump at the chance. An extra 2 hours at the end of the day isnt much to get used to, but being able to spend more full days not working than working would mean a lot to me. That vs the proposed 6-hour 4-day week some people mentioned in this thread, it'd be very happy with either obviously, but I still think I'd go for 3 days if I had to choose.

sph 4y ago
Your brain and body recharges every night. Memory function actually improves over night. Doing more hours doesn't make you more productive, the amount of meaningful work you can do in a day is pretty much constant. I'm definitely in the shorter days camp. In my experience there's a 2 to 4 hour peak performance window and a long tail of diminishing brain power.
- JacobThreeThree 4y ago
  >Doing more hours doesn't make you more productive, the amount of meaningful work you can do in a day is pretty much constant. Although that may be the case for most people, I doubt there's no exceptions to this.
  - sph 4y ago
    The amount is constant for each person, but one person might have a 2 hour performance window while a 100x engineer might have a 9 hour performance peak. You can increase or sidestep it a little with performance-enhancing drugs or a healthier lifestyle, but with their downsides, changes in your environment and other aging-related issues you'll see over a long enough period that it doesn't change much.
- bodge5000 4y ago
  > Doing more hours doesn't make you more productive Agreed, but nobody is gonna offer me 4 hours a day for 3 days a week. Being extremely optimistic, the best I can expect is 10 hour days for 3 days a week (though I dont thats gonna happen anytime soon either, so Im happy with 4 days). Shorter hours but more/same days do little to nothing for me. I mean it'd be nice, but that or less days is a very easy choice for me.
  - sph 4y ago
    Fair enough. My point was that 5h over 6 days yields better output and happiness than 10h over 3 days. The average person would really hate those additional 2 or 3 hours, it's not fun consistently going over one's physical limits, even if you rest for the remainder of the week, but YMMV.

sph 4y ago

Your brain and body recharges every night. Memory function actually improves over night. Doing more hours doesn't make you more productive, the amount of meaningful work you can do in a day is pretty much constant. I'm definitely in the shorter days camp. In my experience there's a 2 to 4 hour peak performance window and a long tail of diminishing brain power.

JacobThreeThree 4y ago
>Doing more hours doesn't make you more productive, the amount of meaningful work you can do in a day is pretty much constant. Although that may be the case for most people, I doubt there's no exceptions to this.
- sph 4y ago
  The amount is constant for each person, but one person might have a 2 hour performance window while a 100x engineer might have a 9 hour performance peak. You can increase or sidestep it a little with performance-enhancing drugs or a healthier lifestyle, but with their downsides, changes in your environment and other aging-related issues you'll see over a long enough period that it doesn't change much.
bodge5000 4y ago
> Doing more hours doesn't make you more productive Agreed, but nobody is gonna offer me 4 hours a day for 3 days a week. Being extremely optimistic, the best I can expect is 10 hour days for 3 days a week (though I dont thats gonna happen anytime soon either, so Im happy with 4 days). Shorter hours but more/same days do little to nothing for me. I mean it'd be nice, but that or less days is a very easy choice for me.
- sph 4y ago
  Fair enough. My point was that 5h over 6 days yields better output and happiness than 10h over 3 days. The average person would really hate those additional 2 or 3 hours, it's not fun consistently going over one's physical limits, even if you rest for the remainder of the week, but YMMV.