Subj : Re: do serious programmers have a life? To : comp.lang.c++,comp.programming From : Randy Howard Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 10:31 pm Phlip wrote (in article ): > The occassional inspiration-driven all-nighter is mostly harmless. Staying up all night every night and sleeping during the day is mostly harmless too. > > The original poster reported "feeling like a robot", which is a clear sign > of sleep deprivation. No, it isn't. Are you a doctor, or in the psychology field? "Feeling like a robot" could just as easily be the words of someone complaining about their work uniform at McDonald's, or someone working 6 hour shifts on an automobile construction line. If you exaggerate less, people might actually take you seriously. > Sleepy thinkers don't spot these abstractions, and make > the same high-risk edits over and over again to add features. If you are too stupid to know when you are tired, then maybe so. I don't need a time card to tell me when I'm too tired to work. In fact, it's not a constant, no fixed schedule is going to be able to determine that. > If your boss doesn't mind, that's still lower risk than chronic overtime. > With your system the schedule will also go long, but at least bugs won't > accumulate. There is no guarantee of that. What is a given, is that if you and/or your team is habitually late completing projects, you'll be looking for work soon. -- Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR) .