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Is 10 hours really _that_ strange? You are (hopefully) focusing 8 hours "straight" during work _every day_. If you watch Hotz's streams he takes small breaks t

Is 10 hours really _that_ strange? You are (hopefully) focusing 8 hours "straight" during work _every day_. If you watch Hotz's streams he takes small breaks to talk with chat and to meme around (just like everyone else during their work days) and he eats lunch and whatever (again just like everyone else). What I'm trying to say is that Hotz's isn't a superman on Adderall he is just working on stuff he is excited about.

pyinstallwoes 4y ago
10 hours? Maybe not, 19? Yeah. I've been excited on 10 hours for a long portion of my life. Getting older makes it harder though.
mfru 4y ago
> You are (hopefully) focusing 8 hours "straight" during work _every day_. I refuse to believe that 8 hours straight focus every day is common. I have about 4 - 6 hours of really focused, deep work focus available. 6 hours if I am really interested in the project and 4 hours for normal days. The rest is doing low focus work like writing mail, planning ahead, attending workshops, reading up on updates for relevant libraries, reading documentation etc.
Sheeny96 4y ago
I'd say 99.9% of the western worlds workforce doesn't focus for 8 hours straight in the work day - its not really eve possible to in a great deal of jobs where there's context switching (meetings etc)
anonymoushn 4y ago
At most workplaces you are interrupted dozens of times per day and have big time blocks of stuff that prevents focus. Where do you work?
nisegami 4y ago
>You are (hopefully) focusing 8 hours "straight" during work _every day_. A single, continuous 30-minute stint of focus is probably a once-a-quarter event for me.
sandos 4y ago
When I was around 15 I used to do 10 hours of x86 assembly programming, and then several hours every day after school for a month or so in a row. Parents would have to force me from the computer. I attribute it to a younger brain, NO internet and NO fun distractions. At 42 I just don't see how I did it, and I know I could never be that focused. Just sitting still for 4 hours make me feel quasy now, and I need to use my physical body in some way.
- llaolleh 4y ago
  Yea I miss youth. I'm in my 30s and all nighters are not the same anymore :(. When I was young I'd do 2-3 in a week and with a four hour nap I would recover. Now after those I lay down and I can't get up for a couple hours with all this aching in my limbs lol.
  - nextlevelwizard 4y ago
    Note that Hotz isn’t doing 10 hour streams after work or pulling all-nighters.

pyinstallwoes 4y ago

10 hours? Maybe not, 19? Yeah. I've been excited on 10 hours for a long portion of my life. Getting older makes it harder though.

mfru 4y ago

> You are (hopefully) focusing 8 hours "straight" during work _every day_. I refuse to believe that 8 hours straight focus every day is common. I have about 4 - 6 hours of really focused, deep work focus available. 6 hours if I am really interested in the project and 4 hours for normal days. The rest is doing low focus work like writing mail, planning ahead, attending workshops, reading up on updates for relevant libraries, reading documentation etc.

Sheeny96 4y ago

I'd say 99.9% of the western worlds workforce doesn't focus for 8 hours straight in the work day - its not really eve possible to in a great deal of jobs where there's context switching (meetings etc)

anonymoushn 4y ago

At most workplaces you are interrupted dozens of times per day and have big time blocks of stuff that prevents focus. Where do you work?

nisegami 4y ago

>You are (hopefully) focusing 8 hours "straight" during work _every day_. A single, continuous 30-minute stint of focus is probably a once-a-quarter event for me.

sandos 4y ago

When I was around 15 I used to do 10 hours of x86 assembly programming, and then several hours every day after school for a month or so in a row. Parents would have to force me from the computer. I attribute it to a younger brain, NO internet and NO fun distractions. At 42 I just don't see how I did it, and I know I could never be that focused. Just sitting still for 4 hours make me feel quasy now, and I need to use my physical body in some way.

llaolleh 4y ago
Yea I miss youth. I'm in my 30s and all nighters are not the same anymore :(. When I was young I'd do 2-3 in a week and with a four hour nap I would recover. Now after those I lay down and I can't get up for a couple hours with all this aching in my limbs lol.
- nextlevelwizard 4y ago
  Note that Hotz isn’t doing 10 hour streams after work or pulling all-nighters.