Through some discussions elsewhere, I'm currently of the opinion that if you spend more than 60% of your "chair time" straight writing code (i.e. "pure work", a

Through some discussions elsewhere, I'm currently of the opinion that if you spend more than 60% of your "chair time" straight writing code (i.e. "pure work", assuming you are a developer) then you are a productivity god. I spend about 13 hours a day in front of the computer after factoring out sleep and gym time and on a productive day I'll be writing code roughly 6-7 of those hours. Some days 12 hours, some two. Now, if you merely define "work" as "doing something related to one's job" then it would probably be 12 hours. I consider reading HN to be relevant education, if I am watching TV or a movie on the computer I am usually running some idea in the background (easier to think with mindless entertainment going on than while reading an article on particle physics), etc. Outside of my work I have nothing, so by definition everything must be related to work.