Developers largely have the same idea of what success looks like, but how they get there is a somewhat controversial area. To some, the road to success is early mornings and late nights to grind out code, but to others it is a carefully maintained set of hours for work followed by eight hours of sleep nightly. The latter group is largely made up of older, more experienced developers while new, younger developers tend to adopt the mindset that isn’t as reliant on a decent sleep schedule.
With that being said, many coders and developers are given a flexible option for their scheduling many times, making the possibility of working night hours possible for individuals who tend to function better during the night hours. In a blog post by Proto.io, the group asked actual developers what their ideal productive day looked like, and what makes a successful developer. In this blog post, the divide was about even between those who worked during the day, and suggested that developers looking to work at night should offer their employer a trial period to see if their productivity increases during the later hours.
Regardless of what means it takes to get there, success as a whole seemed to be a cohesive definition among those in the tech industry–focused on creating a satisfactory product for the client.
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 