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SF starting at 8:17 a.m. caught me a little by surprise. I work in SF and have a few friends who work at different companies (20-somethings and 30-somethings, w

SF starting at 8:17 a.m. caught me a little by surprise. I work in SF and have a few friends who work at different companies (20-somethings and 30-somethings, working in tech). Almost everyone I know comes in to work sometime from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. I think you've captured the essence of the HN bubble in three sentences.

Shivetya 13y ago
since I am obviously not of that type, I am curious why the late start? I have always been of the sort to start early and finish early. There is so much wonderful time to spend outdoors and with friends, especially in summer hours. We make jokes around here about getting out in time to get caught by school buses or beat the kids home which results in having nearly half the day in sunlight.
- mjolk 13y ago
  You can enjoy the outdoors more (especially summer) if you start your day a little later. You can go running or biking in the morning when the sun is getting up (6a->8a), go to work for the direct sunlight hours (930a->630p), and then you're free to do whatever you want until the sun is down and your apartment/house is cool for sleeping.
  - _delirium 13y ago
    I'd say people tend to start early in Denmark for the same reason. Especially in summer, if you work a 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm schedule, you finish work early enough to have a nice block of 5+ post-work sunlight hours that you can use to organize a nontrivial post-work outing with friends/family. On sunny days it's pretty common for people to try to leave work by 3pm so they can go home, change, and then head out to the beach or a picnic by 4pm, while it's still warm and you've got some hours of sunlight left. This could be influenced by the fact that it's rarely too hot in Denmark; a "very hot" day is maybe 27 C (80 F). So there's no need to avoid the hottest part of the day; quite the opposite.
    - mjolk 13y ago
      It makes more sense to use the climate as the driver of work-hours than anything else.
- ANTSANTS 13y ago
  Not everyone is an early riser. I can guarantee you that being an early riser and having some time to kill in the mornings is less of a problem than being a late riser and never getting enough sleep because your stupid job mandates you get in early to keep up appearances.
  - eshvk 13y ago
    You have to keep appearances everywhere. I have worked in tech for three years across two different cities now. An old grad school habit of mine that has carried over is waking up insanely early, getting to work and getting my shit done and getting out around five. I have never had a job where I haven't got shit for being the guy who leaves work on the clock at five when everyone is going for their first burrito of the night.
- eshvk 13y ago
  > since I am obviously not of that type, I am curious why the late start? I have always been of the sort to start early and finish early. There is so much wonderful time to spend outdoors and with friends, especially in summer hours. I think it is a tech thing. When I lived in SF, I used to get out of home at 8 AM. The streets would be empty but for the blue collar workers going to their jobs (showing how much white collar is tech). In NYC, 8 AM is packed. Yet, at work there is an odd split with the tech folks wandering in at 10 AM or what have you and the others at 9 AM sharp. (Approximately of course.)

Shivetya 13y ago

since I am obviously not of that type, I am curious why the late start? I have always been of the sort to start early and finish early. There is so much wonderful time to spend outdoors and with friends, especially in summer hours. We make jokes around here about getting out in time to get caught by school buses or beat the kids home which results in having nearly half the day in sunlight.

mjolk 13y ago
You can enjoy the outdoors more (especially summer) if you start your day a little later. You can go running or biking in the morning when the sun is getting up (6a->8a), go to work for the direct sunlight hours (930a->630p), and then you're free to do whatever you want until the sun is down and your apartment/house is cool for sleeping.
- _delirium 13y ago
  I'd say people tend to start early in Denmark for the same reason. Especially in summer, if you work a 7am-3pm or 8am-4pm schedule, you finish work early enough to have a nice block of 5+ post-work sunlight hours that you can use to organize a nontrivial post-work outing with friends/family. On sunny days it's pretty common for people to try to leave work by 3pm so they can go home, change, and then head out to the beach or a picnic by 4pm, while it's still warm and you've got some hours of sunlight left. This could be influenced by the fact that it's rarely too hot in Denmark; a "very hot" day is maybe 27 C (80 F). So there's no need to avoid the hottest part of the day; quite the opposite.
  - mjolk 13y ago
    It makes more sense to use the climate as the driver of work-hours than anything else.
ANTSANTS 13y ago
Not everyone is an early riser. I can guarantee you that being an early riser and having some time to kill in the mornings is less of a problem than being a late riser and never getting enough sleep because your stupid job mandates you get in early to keep up appearances.
- eshvk 13y ago
  You have to keep appearances everywhere. I have worked in tech for three years across two different cities now. An old grad school habit of mine that has carried over is waking up insanely early, getting to work and getting my shit done and getting out around five. I have never had a job where I haven't got shit for being the guy who leaves work on the clock at five when everyone is going for their first burrito of the night.
eshvk 13y ago
> since I am obviously not of that type, I am curious why the late start? I have always been of the sort to start early and finish early. There is so much wonderful time to spend outdoors and with friends, especially in summer hours. I think it is a tech thing. When I lived in SF, I used to get out of home at 8 AM. The streets would be empty but for the blue collar workers going to their jobs (showing how much white collar is tech). In NYC, 8 AM is packed. Yet, at work there is an odd split with the tech folks wandering in at 10 AM or what have you and the others at 9 AM sharp. (Approximately of course.)