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I don't want to be too confrontational, but it almost feels like you're doing something wrong. 5 hours of typing a day every day? That sounds unfathomably high.
by leto_ii 4y ago
I don't want to be too confrontational, but it almost feels like you're doing something wrong. 5 hours of typing a day every day? That sounds unfathomably high.
Could you detail the kind of projects you're working on?
Also, are you a consultant or working for your own company?
- miiiiiike 4y agoI run my own company. I could easily work from the moment I wake up to the moment I sleep. This forces me to focus, get things done, and hire if I can’t. Have you ever worked in an environment where your ability to produce reliable code, consistently, was the only thing keeping a company running for 6-12 months? That’s bootstrapping as the sole engineer. If you break, the company will die. You have to keep yourself from working too much without working too little either. There’s no one-size-fits-all model to copy. edit On working for a bigger company: Yes, that’s why I don’t work at big(ger) companies.. Unless I have a lot of leverage. I wouldn’t rewrite things or over-engineer them. I would quit.
- leto_ii 4y agoThis corroborated with your replies to sibling comments makes more sense. The thing is, in a big(ger) company, even if you pull in 5 hrs of coding per day, you will be limited by the average speed of the people working around you. You would soon find yourself running ahead of scoped projects, over-engineering, feeling an urge to re-write the whole codebase etc.
- miiiiiike 4y agoThat’s why I won't work at big(ger) companies.. Unless I have a lot of leverage. I wouldn’t rewrite things or over-engineer them if I was idle. I would quit.