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Why on earth does the time you start work matter? Are we showing up in suits and ties, too? Or is this about actually getting business done?

enjo 12y ago
I always find it bizarre to see harsh reactions to interesting data. It doesn't seem very hacker-like to me. Isn't it enough just to be interesting data? Maybe you can spot patterns here that help you understand the types of industry in a city. Or some kind of collective cultural phenomenon. Who knows? That's why data is fun! Oh, and many people still go to work in a suit every day. They even like it that way.
- sliverstorm 12y ago
  I figure it's one of those ego things. You know, the whole bit about needing social validation of ones' own choices. So any attention not in support of that person's views feel like a personal attack.
- greggman 12y ago
  It's not just data though it's a judgement. See the titles of the charts "Not getting the worm" / "Getting the worm". The data is interesting. For me, all other things being equal, I'd prefer a later start, 10am ~ 11am. Being in video games I've worked at companies that effectively started as late as 2pm :P
  - vog 12y ago
    > "Not getting the worm" / "Getting the worm" Yeah, I would have preferred "Getting the cheese" / "Getting the worm". (Referring to the old saying: The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.)
  - cust_support 12y ago
    I agree: at best, this is data in search of a theory; at worst, it is just confirmation bias. However, I don't think the data is interesting as anything more than cocktail chatter. Is it interesting to find the average time of day for anything, e.g. meals, doctor appointments, movie times?
sliverstorm 12y ago
If you have a meeting at 6AM, what time you get in to work certainly would seem to matter.
- welterde 12y ago
  Wouldn't you at least try though to schedule meetings at times, where people are usually at work anyway?
  - sliverstorm 12y ago
    Depending on what city you live in, that could be 7AM. Let's also not forget cross-timezone meetings. More than two timezones and you are just about guaranteed to be stepping on somebody's toes somehow.

enjo 12y ago

I always find it bizarre to see harsh reactions to interesting data. It doesn't seem very hacker-like to me. Isn't it enough just to be interesting data? Maybe you can spot patterns here that help you understand the types of industry in a city. Or some kind of collective cultural phenomenon. Who knows? That's why data is fun! Oh, and many people still go to work in a suit every day. They even like it that way.

sliverstorm 12y ago
I figure it's one of those ego things. You know, the whole bit about needing social validation of ones' own choices. So any attention not in support of that person's views feel like a personal attack.
greggman 12y ago
It's not just data though it's a judgement. See the titles of the charts "Not getting the worm" / "Getting the worm". The data is interesting. For me, all other things being equal, I'd prefer a later start, 10am ~ 11am. Being in video games I've worked at companies that effectively started as late as 2pm :P
- vog 12y ago
  > "Not getting the worm" / "Getting the worm" Yeah, I would have preferred "Getting the cheese" / "Getting the worm". (Referring to the old saying: The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.)
- cust_support 12y ago
  I agree: at best, this is data in search of a theory; at worst, it is just confirmation bias. However, I don't think the data is interesting as anything more than cocktail chatter. Is it interesting to find the average time of day for anything, e.g. meals, doctor appointments, movie times?

sliverstorm 12y ago

If you have a meeting at 6AM, what time you get in to work certainly would seem to matter.

welterde 12y ago
Wouldn't you at least try though to schedule meetings at times, where people are usually at work anyway?
- sliverstorm 12y ago
  Depending on what city you live in, that could be 7AM. Let's also not forget cross-timezone meetings. More than two timezones and you are just about guaranteed to be stepping on somebody's toes somehow.