What was the longest time you ever worked?

[Apulu_3]

By that I mean doing some useful work not staying awake till 3 am and binge watching Netflix. For me it was 20 hrs. 15 hrs in exam preparation, 5 hrs in writing stuff, 2 hrs in meals shower and all those extra stuff, 2 hrs sleep. The 2 hrs sleep that day was the best sleep I ever got in my life lol. I didn't even believed when my mom said, "Stop studying now. It has been already 12 hrs you have studied today". Time just passes by so fast with maths. But I still had more chapters to complete with so I ignored her and continued with my study. And due to that today's maths test was extremely easy. And I actually got 7 hrs to sleep but I willingly stayed up and did my writing work for 5 hrs. And now for that I have done with 7 chapters of my novel. I don't know why but I love overworking myself 😅.

[HighlyVolatile]

I proposed a paper to my team and the boss lapped it up and put me in charge of the dev team. I was never in charge before and I was kind of a bad boss. I couldn't delegate work so effectively and so I took it upon myself to sorta do everyone's work.

And this was right after marriage but I spent almost 2 months without hardly any sleep. I was sleeping about 5-8 hours a week. To make up for my bare-consciousness, I wrote a boatload of tests to catch our mistakes.

I have a sample log from that time period. Everyone thought I never slept but I did here and there. But in short bursts.

It took the biggest physical toll on me after we finally shipped though. I was getting cranky about everything going too slow. "Hurry the fuck up!" You know, that sort of thing.

[HighlyVolatile]

We actually not only shipped our product but I won a Siggraph award. I got into a conflict with a user on here about the need for sleep and I don't disagree with him. But I got an award sitting in my room for pushing myself so hard, and he doesn't.

[HighlyVolatile]

Actually, that was a most unfortunate incident. He was talking about my safety and making very good points. But I'm talking about being a man willing to fight and die for a cause and we're talking across each other.

[Apulu_3]

Whoa you have great amount of patience! But yes you need to take care of your health too. And congratulations for your award! Seriously you are the most hard working person I ever knew

[HighlyVolatile]

I'll disappoint you these days. I've become the ultimate slacker. :-D But if deadlines approach, I can still put on my best.

[Apulu_3]

Yeah but at least you are working unlike most people.

[Jojohero93]

72 hours

[Apulu_3]

Continuosly? 😯

[Jojohero93]

Yeah. 72 hours of continuous work. We were on a mission to clear a village in the middle of the jungle. Because the fire had consumed most of the forest

[Apulu_3]

Wow exhausting work

[Jojohero93]

But I was happy to save people from that fire

[Apulu_3]

Yeah that's great

[Jojohero93]

Thanks

[Godsvengeance]

Longest official work shift I've done is 17 hours. I have maxed out at 114 hours of work in a week and on at least two occasions, I have worked more hours in a month than I didn't (for example: in a 30 day month, there are 720 hrs and I worked more than 360 of them)

[Apulu_3]

I see

[melanieeeB]

Well worked worked like 12 hours without even a break, in a movie theater when they just opened and there were not enough staff members

And studied well two weeks before my final exams, but I had enough breaks in between

[Apulu_3]

Oh you are good in handling things then :)

[Fireguy17]

our normal is 24, but I have done 48s and even though we are not supposed to 60 hours when we were just out of people.
My record is 100 hours in 5 days, but that rarely ever happens.
I'm glad I was young then.

[Apulu_3]

Whoa that's a lot of work

[Fireguy17]

yes, it got old fast, kind of working like a zombie, probably not very healthy to do too often.

[Apulu_3]

Yeah you need to be healthy too to keep working

[skyeee_]

the longest time I've worked is like 12 hours. it all went in preparing for my 2nd language half yearly exam when i was in 5th grade. at least the cramming was worth it because i think i had gotten like 80% :')

[Apulu_3]

Damn you were hard worker as 5 grader. I studied like 3 hrs in those days lol.

[skyeee_]

nah im not a hardworker. i dont study everyday unless it's for exams. tryna change that tho because i dont wanna keep overworking myself by the time work piles up and i know basically nothing about that the material. learning this the hard way rn

[Apulu_3]

I see. For me I gotta 'study' from computer 🙃 or my mom will kill me.

[skyeee_]

lol oof

[EaterPeter]

Please don't, please sleep as much needed 8 hours a night, plan accordingly. I like that you are studious I would start few days early if I have to stay awake

[Apulu_3]

Actually the thing is that I'm weak in maths so I need to revise the whole course giving attention to algebra and factorization more. We have 2 days break between exams and those breads are for revision. In the first day I completed Algebra and Factorization completely and comfortably as they are the toughest ones for me. Once I aced that I completed other 6 chapters in second day.

[Apulu_3]

*breaks

[Apulu_3]

Thanks for your concerns though :)

[EaterPeter]

Our body and brain needs as much rest after each episode of hard work too let me put it this way

[EaterPeter]

You're welcome

[EaterPeter]

Stress + rest = progress

[EaterPeter]

And thanks for like!

[Apulu_3]

Well I can sleep for 12 hrs after exams so why not work now? It will be all worth it. You're welcome!

[EaterPeter]

Sleep is something said to be we can't recover from one night to next, and this is for sharper brain

[EaterPeter]

I would like you to start sooner for next exam so you can put in your 8 hours every night in sleep and study as well as much you want

[EaterPeter]

And do meditation as well if you're not already doing it

[Apulu_3]

Yeah but I need to pass exams with score 95% above too. In my place sleeping for only 2 hrs and studying for 16 hrs is common in toppers. I need to extend my studying time in order to understand the course better and deeply as since 8th grade studies are to be taken seriously. However only for maths I studied more as I'm weak in that. For rest other subjects I can sleep for 5 hrs :)

[Apulu_3]

Yeah I do it usually but for exam time I don't have time to do meditation for more than 15 mins.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

I think it was 15 hours. But i had to work for like 12 hours every workday with 1 day off a week that time.

[Apulu_3]

Quite difficult

[HeartFullOfGlue]

8hrs I was helping build something
6hrs studying for tests

[Apulu_3]

Great!

[HeartFullOfGlue]

yup!

[sattii2607]

I had to work from office for 72 hours straight, this was way back in 2009 when I had joined the industry just under a year.

[Apulu_3]

Wow straight 3 days! Don't you feel tired or sleepy?

[sattii2607]

Well it was tiring but the situation was like that

[Apulu_3]

Did you forced yourself to stay put or do you have any methods of overcoming tiredness?

[sattii2607]

Well we had a huge team working those three days, so we could get short 2 to 3 hours sleep per day while the others covered for you during the time

[Apulu_3]

I see

[sattii2607]

You study really hard dear, your consistency is hard for most of us 🙂

[Apulu_3]

Well not compared to my parents haha. They said I need to study 16 hrs daily instead of 15 hrs in exam time.

[sattii2607]

Parents end up saying that dear, I didn't study that hard but will tell my child, just so that she doesn't feel overwhelmed herself 🙂

[Apulu_3]

Wow okay

[sattii2607]

I listen to my wife tell my child that and smile to myself

[Apulu_3]

That's sweet

[sattii2607]

🙂🙂🙂

[Agape93]

Around 27 or so hours.

[Apulu_3]

Whoa great!

[Agape93]

Not really, that was rough. Tight deadline and a lot of work to complete

[Apulu_3]

Still great haha like working straight for 27 hrs isn't something which I could ever do.

[Agape93]

And I hope you never have to lol

[Apulu_3]

Yeah it seems very stressing but I would love to cuz I love overworking myself lol.

[Agape93]

Lol at what? My job is largely clerical, I'm on the computer more often than not

[Apulu_3]

In anything especially if I find it interesting. I can go on writing for 3 days without even a blink of sleep lol. If I don't find it interesting then meh it's okay I can still hold it for a day at least.

[Agape93]

Lol nice

[Gwenhwyfar]

36 hrs studying for exams in college

[Apulu_3]

Hmm pretty dedicated

[Gwenhwyfar]

Thanks 😊

[Apulu_3]

Your welcome :)

[TheMajesticKing777]

50 hours a week, it's all they let me do

[Apulu_3]

I see

[RebeccaBI2000]

36 hours.

[Apulu_3]

Never knew that people can straight up work for so long.

[RebeccaBI2000]

I had a presentation for work at the last minute and had to fly to corporate for it

[Apulu_3]

Whoa you are good at management :)

[RebeccaBI2000]

This was before everything went remote and zoom was used for everything. I had to study on the plain and then meet up with others to study for the presentation basically all night

[Apulu_3]

I see