[jowdones]

There was an article on HN a while ago saying that basically the secret to productivity is ... slack. In other words, excess capacity.

I used to have a tight schedule switching from tasks to learning to meetings to more tasks and more learning, 50 minutes work, 10 minutes break, relentlessly, like a robot.

Then I realized I'm not a fucking robot. Now I work 2 hours per day at most. Complete my tasks and can do this shit in a sustainable way as opposed to burning myself for what?

I'm super engaged. For two hours tops :D

[ornornor]

What do you do for the rest of the time? I had a job like this where it was 80% bullshit so I’d either only need a couple hours a day to get actual stuff done, or I’d work a full day and then spread out my commits and PRs throughout the day.

While in office, it was pure agony. I was bored out of my mind.

While pandemic remote, it was slightly better (never played as much PS4), but it was not freeing either because I had to answer random voice calls or attend hours long BS meetings and keep paying attention in case I was asked something. So it was like working but worse.