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Comment author: adamzerner 16 September 2015 02:00:04AM *  6 points [-]

How many hours of legitimate work do you get done per day?

Legitimate = uninterrupted, focused work. Regarding the time you spend working but not fully focused, use your judgement in scaling it. Ie. maybe an hour of semi-productive work = .75 hours of legitimate work.

Edit: work doesn't only include work for your employer/school. It could be self-education, side projects etc. It doesn't include chores or things like casual pleasure reading though. Per day = per day that you intend to put in a full days work.

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Comment author: adamzerner 16 September 2015 10:07:55PM *  0 points [-]

This is way lower than I expected. Thoughts?

Comment author: lmm 17 September 2015 07:47:51PM 2 points [-]

It's about where I expected. I think 6 is probably the best you can do under ideal circumstances. Legitimate, focussed work is exhausting.

If you're looking for bias, this is a community where people who are less productive probably prefer to think of themselves as intelligent and akrasikal (sp?). Also you've asked at the end of a long holiday for any students here.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 16 September 2015 10:47:39PM 2 points [-]

Maybe you should have added another poll that asked for formally expected or billed hours.

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