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ahefnertoday at 1:05 AM1 replyview on HN

But how much time per week does an SWE actually spend writing code?


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bdangubictoday at 1:57 AM

another one, this is 2nd most frequent thing people write here, not sure how to even approach answering :)

so I’ll do what I was thought in first grade to never do and answer a question with a question - how much time per week does a brick layer spend laying bricks? they are looking at these new “robots” laying bricks automatically and talking on BrickLayerNews “man, the brick laying has not been a bottleneck for a long time.”

But to answer your question directly, a lot of time if other people do their job well. Last week I had about 7 hours of meetings, the rest of the time I was coding (so say 35 hours) minus breaks I had to take to stretch and rest my eyes

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