| Profession: Program/Analyst & Full-Time Student (40 hrs, ~13 hrs, respectively) Example of one of my longer days: [6:15] Alarm Goes Off [6:16] Second Alarm Goes Off [6:20] Second rounds of alarms going off, finally get up - hygiene stuff, take 200mg caffeine [3 wk on|1 wk off]/200mg L-Theanine to maintain the schedule throughout the week [7:00] In the office, checking blogs, HN, Reddit, podcasts, etc. [7:30] Finish up anything left over from the previous days, check work calendar, update desk calendar with upcoming due dates, tests, etc. for school [7:45] People arriving in the office, a lot of noise [8:15] Daily stand-up [8:30] Focus in on tasks and begin working on them and fixing any bugs a user has pointed out [9:45] Get ready to go to class, check HN once again [3:00] Back in the office, might have a meeting, otherwise continue working on projects [5:00] Almost everyone is out of the office, peace and quiet enues [5:15] Office is empty - turn on a twitch stream for some background noise, and focus on stories for my project [7:00] Eat dinner/get dinner at the office [8:00] Prepare to go home, close out any tasks or bugs that have been fixed in the past couple of hours [8:30] Get home and browse reddit/HN for a bit [9:00] Turn on a game or TV show to unwind with, do homework, contemplate outstanding bugs from work [12:00] Realize how late it is and how 24 hours ago I said I wouldn't stay up this late anymore, go lay in bed for 30 minutes thinking about school and work, eventually drift off |