Tags: Questions, Tech
Why do I work better at night?
November 10th, 2005, by Rich.
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I find I work better at night: not just a bit better; a lot better. My code output seems to skyrocket between the hours of 23:00 and 04:00. Can anybody tell me, why? There must be a reason.
Perhaps it’s the elapsed time since I’ve eaten. Perhaps it’s the lower temperature. Perhaps my brain waves shift slightly and are more attuned to focusing on spaghetti-like strands of code. Whatever the reason is, I want to know it.
If I could be as creative and productive throughout my whole 16 hour working day then I wouldn’t have to keep going for 16 hours, and I wouldn’t have such a topsy-turvy bodyclock.
Suggestions (and offers from researchers who’d like to put electrodes on my head to measure the brain patterns) are most welcome!
November 10th, 2005 at 11:05 am
It’s a family thing. Really. We’re all the same. Bring on the day I can work freelance from home…
November 10th, 2005 at 11:36 am
The lack of interruptions also probably helps - less context switching!
Chris
November 10th, 2005 at 10:52 pm
I think it is because when you were with Take That - you sung backing vocals on “Why can’t I wake up with U(ML)”
November 10th, 2005 at 11:49 pm
Young padwan you’re a Jedi not a comedian. If you were hoping to use the Jedi mind trick whilst delivering that line, you must learn that it does not work over TCP/IP.
November 12th, 2005 at 6:02 pm
All I know is that several years ago, I worked all night to give birth to you. I was driven to Morriston Hospital at 11pm by Dandy and YOU put in an appearance at roughly 5am the next day…. sort of fits the time-scale, I think!
BTW when I dozily looked at my wrist-band on the way back to the ward and said ‘Oh look, its a palindrome!’ The nurse said…’Now don’t you worry!… It’s nothing like that. It’s a perfectly normal (sic) baby boy!…..’ ??????
June 14th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Perhaps I’m a B-person. Or maybe I’m Hyper-A, given that I work best between 1am and 6am.