Ask Slashdot: How Many Hours a Week Can You Program?
How many hours a week should a full-time programmer program? Trying to program anywhere near 40 wears me out. On a good week, I can do 20. Often, it is around 10 or 15. I'm talking about your programming session at the console, typing — including, of course, stopping and thinking for a minute, but not meetings, reading programming books, notes, specifications, etc., which by comparison feel like lunch breaks. I rarely get called to meetings (which is good) but that means to keep my brain from overheating I spend several hours a week surfing the web (usually reading tech news but also a few stops on Facebook, email, etc.).
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Good to see that I am not the only one being distracted. Also a must read: the latest issue of WIRED (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/st_essay_distraction/).>
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