I usually have negative productivity after a solid 8 hours of coding because the number of mistakes and poorly thought out design decisions increases dramatically, just from sheer exhaustion.
Even if I have a good idea at 9:00 PM, I let it ride until the next day because I know it’s going to be implemented so poorly that I’ll have to rewrite it and I would rather just do it once.
Not to mention, the value in software engineers is in the quality of solutions they can derive, not the lines of code they can produce. I almost always solve the most challenging problems when I’m doing something besides staring at a screen. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a “light bulb moment” while sitting on the lake in a bass boat.
Even Henry Fucking Ford, who was a greedy bastard, was smart enough to realize that overworked, underpaid employees cost a lot more than ones who are treated and paid well.
Anyone who expects developers to just shill code for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week is a total moron just begging for their business to implode.
I usually have negative productivity after a solid 8 hours of coding because the number of mistakes and poorly thought out design decisions increases dramatically, just from sheer exhaustion.
Even if I have a good idea at 9:00 PM, I let it ride until the next day because I know it’s going to be implemented so poorly that I’ll have to rewrite it and I would rather just do it once.
Not to mention, the value in software engineers is in the quality of solutions they can derive, not the lines of code they can produce. I almost always solve the most challenging problems when I’m doing something besides staring at a screen. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a “light bulb moment” while sitting on the lake in a bass boat.
Even Henry Fucking Ford, who was a greedy bastard, was smart enough to realize that overworked, underpaid employees cost a lot more than ones who are treated and paid well. Anyone who expects developers to just shill code for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week is a total moron just begging for their business to implode.