Ask HN: What hours in the day are you most productive?

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by tech_crawl_ • 11 years ago

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I am most productive from 9pm - 1am... Just wondering when people get the most work done.

byoung22• 11 years ago

6am-10am...this means that when I work a 9-5 office job, my most productive hours are spent preparing for work and commuting.

angmarsbane• 11 years ago

Same here! I actually just started showing up at 6 AM, shorter commute, better work, and no guilt if I leave before 5.

czbond2• 11 years ago

5am - 3pm. After that - it's a downhill slide.

tech_crawl_2• 11 years ago

Do you usually leave around 3pm or stay at work?

czbond2• 11 years ago

I am a workaholic independent consultant - so I tend to work until 6.

partisan3• 11 years ago

3 - 8 PM. I tend to stay late at work as a result.

tech_crawl_2• 11 years ago

Do you usually get to work later?

partisan3• 11 years ago

Yes, I usually go into work at 10 or so. I wake up at 6:15, get my kids ready, do exercise, eat breakfast, and head in to work.

kevinherron• 11 years ago

5am - 9am

pacnw• 11 years ago

7-11am and then again 8pm-12am.

Stoo• 11 years ago

I'm almost exactly the same (8am-12pm and 8pm-12am). When I'm working for myself I spend my afternoons reading or playing video games and go back to work in the evening.

mozumder• 11 years ago

10pm-6am. I am exactly a night person.

zhte415• 11 years ago

11am - 3pm, and a push 3pm - 4pm. Relief at 5pm and a slow cool-down.

A regular hour office job, but largely '50% time' which I'm ridiculously lucky to have, long may it be that way.

Evenings are a time for inspiration, and mornings for licking-off stuff mainly related to admin and documentation.

Time to work with and interact with colleagues is very important. It is a magnifier. What I've learnt the most regarding my own productivity is I do too much, and it is probably easier to have others do it. That's done by sharing and influencing, and helping out when colleagues are in need.

FiatLuxDave• 11 years ago

10am-1pm, then again from 7pm-10pm

Obviously right now it is neither of those times, since I am oh-so-productively posting to HN. ;)

Mz• 11 years ago

"After lunch"

This was true when I worked the nightshift and began working at 3pm and ate something around 5pm and was true when I moved to dayshift and started work around 8:30 or 9am and is true now when I typically start working between 9am and 10am. In all three cases, the first two hours of my day are/were spent doing relatively easy things and then more serious work happens/happened after eating lunch.

saluki• 11 years ago

I'm most productive early in the morning. I work remote so sometimes I get started as early as 4 or 5 AM. So I have a full workday in by noon or 1pm. I usually turn in around 10pm most nights.

yec• 11 years ago

I'm most productive 2:00 am to 5:00 pm after of that hours must sleep 2 hours more 5:00am to 7:00 am and at the 8:00 am I'ḿ ready for go to work

usaphp• 11 years ago

1am - 4am

irish_lad• 11 years ago

8 a.m. til 10 a.m. Or to put it another way, until other people come into the office :)

I used to come in late (midday) but commuting changes forced me to become an early riser. Now I honestly couldn't go back.

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