[R0b0t1]

>but people can and do learn how to put in 6-8 solid hours of work per day all of the time.

This isn't true. It depends on whether the work is cerebral or not. Certain workloads are limited to as little as 2 hours per day, for 2-4 hours of real knowledge work per day. The rest of it is either extremely suboptimal or of a different class.

Something semi-mechanical like translation or categorization that isn't obviously mechanical could probably occur for a full workday.

[hanfsi]

Ah come on thats still bullshit.

I have and had plenty of full days of coding smart solutions where, when i was in the flow, would even forget that i hit 8h work.

If i really hit my head against a wall because i literaly have an issue i can't figure out right now, i will still try to find different angles or take a walk but i will not just close my laptop after 2-4h of work oO?!

[R0b0t1]

If you're working 8hr straight I'd guess you're following up on work you previously invested a lot of time into.

I don't really see "coding" as productive work. The entire point is the write as little as possible. Most of my day is full of reading and thinking about the problem. The actual coding part is quite small.