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It's extremely taxing to do more than about 6 hours of real, actual work a day, so any extra hours are almost necessarily spent in less taxing activities like m
by jacknews 4y ago
It's extremely taxing to do more than about 6 hours of real, actual work a day, so any extra hours are almost necessarily spent in less taxing activities like meetings etc.
- christophilus 4y agoMeetings are the most taxing part of the job to me. I can program for 10 hours when I’m in a flow state. I can sit in a meeting for maybe 10 minutes before I start doodling.
- cercatrova 4y agoSounds like symptoms of adult ADHD from what I've read on HN about it.
- soupfordummies 4y agoAlso sounds like symptoms of boredom :P
- bitwize 4y agoADHD people are more sensitive to boredom than normies; they are boredom canaries if you will. Normies can deny themselves the excitement/novelty marshmallow in exchange for other rewards later; ADHD people have much greater difficulty with this.
- cratermoon 4y agoEven 6 hours is pushing it. I looked around and found that 4 hours is widely regarded as typical for real 'deep' work.