How many of you are binge coders?

6 points by jamesotron 16 years ago | 3 comments

Okay. Here's my workflow:

  - block out at least three hours of time
  - stock up on coffee and shutdown all distractions
  - code until my brain breaks.

This has implications for office work, because it means I can't do anything other than randomly browsing the nets, meaning that I go to work all day for fun, come home and binge until I fall asleep. Kind of screws the work/life balance we hear so much about these days.

So. How many of you are truly disciplined about your work and how many just binge?

jacquesm 16 years ago |

Sounds familiar. I'm pretty good at putting stuff off until I can't get around it any more. I alternate between periods of constant output and periods where I basically just surf the web and make up for lost time at night.

It's pretty weird though, I find that I am much more productive when the world around me has come to a halt.

It doesn't help that I am very easily distracted.

p01nd3xt3r 16 years ago |

I am a contract programmer and I get set my own hours so I usually code in 10 - 12 hour blocks every other day.

run4yourlives 16 years ago |

Guilty as charged.