idontlikemyjob

It is all about how you use the tool. For instance, our "tasks" (similar to bugs, perhaps) are generally large and not well defined. This makes it hard to break a large task down into smaller tasks. Without smaller tasks, it appears as if you're doing nothing at work all day.

That is a very interesting (and kind of dark) metaphor. Haha. :)

I don't think I want to punch someone named "angersock" in the stomache. :)

It is always nice to hear that one is not alone. Thank you. :)

Thank you for taking the time to write that.

I have never seriously considered working for myself. Because I live in Silicon Valley, the thought has crossed my mind, but never for more than a few moments.

From what I can tell, this all sounds like very good advice. I'll be bookmarking your answer so I can return to it frequently. :)

Understood. I did not mean to imply that I'm productive the entire time. In fact, I don't believe in working 12 hours days specifically because I agree that virtually no person can put in 12 hours of productive work in a single day.

I take time to eat breakfast, lunch, and sometimes dinner while at work. I also take off at 5:00 some days to exercise, not to mention the fact that I take a 20 minute nap every day directly after lunch.

We use a system similar to Jira called Phabricator. I'm also interested in how our team can use Phabricator better, because I don't think it paints an accurate picture of the amount of work anyone at the company puts in.

I've been considering this lately, and perhaps I'll give it a try. My concern is that, by coming in later, I lose the advantage of coming into early, which is the ability to do more work when there is no one around to interrupt me.

I understand where you're coming from, but I'm not convinced that I see this as a bad thing.

The same logic can be applied to those who (like myself) don't think they can ever learn enough. Perhaps I know more than I think I do, or perhaps I don't, but I will always have a deep, insatiable hunger for more knowledge.

To the contrary, I am worried that if I work any less, they will fire me.

I get into work at 7:00 AM every morning to an empty office. Others join me around three hours later, but I understand that since nobody sees me come in there is a misconception about the hours that I work. I leave at 7:00 PM.

I would like to write a Python interpreter in Python, though. That sounds like a lot of fun. :)