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AskFreelancers: How many hours do you work?
2 points by mantas on May 15, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
Freelancer programmers/designers/engineers, how many hours a day do you truly work?<p>By "truly work" I mean pure work without messing around. Not excluding short up to 5 minute breaks.
4-6 hours
2 points
6-8 hours
1 point
0-2 hours
0 points
2-4 hours
0 points
8-10 hours
0 points
10+ hours
0 points


I myself can do ~ 5-6 hours of quality work a day. I can do 8-ish hours once in a while, but I feel mentally tired the next day.

If I try to work more hours, I end up writing shitty code or no code at all.

I've no problems to work 6 days in a row or even skip weekend altogether though.


I work 2 full time jobs at 80 hours a week and I'm also a freelancer working an extra 10-20 hours. I also work while I work. So I'm always busy.




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