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The 2-Hour Deep Work Block: How Senior Devs Structure Their Most Productive Daysdev.to/teamcamp/the-2-hour-deep-work-block-how-senior-devs-structure-their-most-productive-days-4787
20 sats \ 1 comment \ @0xbitcoiner 16 Jun devs
Ever wonder why some developers ship features while others struggle with endless meetings and Slack pings? The secret isn't working longer , it's working deeper.
Last month, I show interview of 15 senior engineers from companies like Netflix, Stripe, and Shopify. One pattern emerged across every conversation: they all protect sacred blocks of uninterrupted time.
Not 25-minute Pomodoros. Not "quick focus sessions." Two full hours of pure, distraction-free development.
The results? One Staff Engineer told me he ships more code in his 2-hour block than most devs do in an entire day. Another said it's the difference between being a "ticket-taker" and an actual problem solver.
Here's how they do it—and how you can replicate their system starting tomorrow.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 16 Jun
TL; DR -- Don't attend meetings, communicate or do routine work during your most productive time
Sarah's secret weapon? She batches all meetings after 2 PM and uses morning hours when her cognitive load is lowest.
Marcus discovered that starting before his team's online eliminates external interruptions entirely.
Priya's insight: she noticed her energy naturally peaks in early afternoon, so she optimized her schedule around her biological rhythm.
David's rule: only work on tasks that require genuine problem-solving during this window—no routine maintenance or code reviews.
Alex Thompson, "I learned this from a senior dev mentor: protect your best hours like your salary depends on it—because it does. I use this time for feature development exclusively. Everything else gets relegated to my 'shallow work' hours."
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