I'm thinking of this mainly for developers, since I was looking in the recent developers who became managers thread and people were talking about enjoying coding for 8-9 hours a day. Even if I manage to code for 8-9 hours a day I don't enjoy every one of those hours.
What is your average...
What is your average amount of hours a day you enjoy at a job, jobs you've had with the most enjoyable hours a day and what made them especially enjoyable and so forth.
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As far as my dayjob goes, I'd say an average of about 1-2 hours out of each day are "enjoyable". The rest ranges from "barely tolerable" to standing at the window, looking outside, thinking "I know what zoo animals feel like now".
By davismwfl 2019-03-2713:45 This is a hilarious way to put it and sadly I have been there in the past (thankfully not anytime recently). I use to say we were the fish in the fishbowl looking at the ocean but I like the zoo animals comparison much better.
Sorry you are enduring that though, I know what that feels like and it sucks. I luckily haven't had that feeling in a long time, but it sticks with you.
By chrismeller 2019-03-2616:48 Define "enjoy". They have to pay me to do it for a reason. I'm always going to find it less enjoyable than something I would pick on my own to devote my time to.
So really in my mind that means we're looking at varying levels of "not hate". I do not hate the actual work I do 90+% of the time. It's not the most interesting, but I don't feel as if it is pointless.
Unfortunately, similar to the managers thread, the actual time I spend coding is not all that goes into the job. I don't manage anyone, but I find the human interaction portion of my current job incredibly frustrating. From communication styles to manners of expression to priorities when it comes to dealing with teammates we just don't seem to mesh well, and so any day I have a pointless meeting that the organizer is late for immediately saps me of all my motivation.
By PascLeRasc 2019-03-2620:281 reply I'd say 1-2. I spend about an hour socializing with my work friends which is always great, but this week two of them are away and I'm realizing how unfulfilling my work is. I usually get about 1 hour of "in the zone" time in vim, which is where I get most of my work done. The rest of the time is 1-on-1 meetings with my two supervisors who are just arguing through me and about my time like divorced parents.
I need to get out. Software engineering really takes your soul away.
By throw_this_one 2019-03-274:241 reply What direction would you go in?
By PascLeRasc 2019-03-2718:00 Industrial design would be great, or electronics design for a music instruments company. I need to make something physical.
