Most coders have sleep problems, need 'hygiene and care' - says study

[borked]

A high proportion of coders suffer from "severe insomnia" and that a majority have sleep problems of some sort, putting their mental health and "hygiene" at risk. According to the study authors, the primary reason for the sleeplessness of software engineers is that "job-related stress is considered extremely high". It was concluded that coders "need special attention since they are prone to develop sleep disturbances".
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According to Zadeh and Begum, no fewer than 20.9 per cent of the hapless engineers had "severe" insomnia and a further 35.2 per cent had the problem to a "mild" degree. Less than half the coders were sleeping normally, as compared to 77 per cent of the general population.

According to an accompanying statement, "mental and physical health ... were significantly lower in subjects with insomnia than in other participants. The association between insomnia and poor quality of life was particularly strong for mental health".

Zadeh and Begun conclude:

"Lifestyle management programmes which include sleep hygiene and care should be incorporated as a policy matter in the IT industry."

study

I'm adding +15% to fees for Health and Safety Guidelines Pertaining to Sleep Seprivation-related Health problems

To cover extra medical-related fees of course.

[u-Bob]

"Lifestyle management programmes"

I bet most coders are gonna love that one :/

[myneid]

ahahah i sleep like a baby and snore like a bear

[closer]

smelly stinky insomniac coders

[scuba steve]

haha for sure this is true

[MaDalton]

i know a few like that

[Barefootsies]

I thought it was only the Brits who moved to France coders?

:-/

[notime]

Although it's true that at any given moment all of the brain's regions are not concurrently firing, brain researchers using imaging technology have shown that, like the body's muscles, most are continually active over a 24-hour period. "Evidence would show over a day you use 100 percent of the brain," says John Henley, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Even in sleep, areas such as the frontal cortex, which controls things like higher level thinking and self-awareness, or the somatosensory areas, which help people sense their surroundings, are active, Henley explains.

Source:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...rcent-of-brain

[borked]

Originally Posted by Barefootsies

I thought it was only the Brits who moved to France coders?

:-/

well, as a smelly hygiene-problematic coder, it made sense I relocated to France, n'est ce pas?

That way I can blend in...

[borked]

Originally Posted by notime

Even in sleep, areas such as the frontal cortex, which controls things like higher level thinking and self-awareness, or the somatosensory areas, which help people sense their surroundings, are active, Henley explains.

Source:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...rcent-of-brain

That explains why the best ideas I've ever had are being awakened from sleep by a particularly vivid "dream" to which I've thought - perfect, explains all, remember tomorrow.

Gone back to sleep to wake up next morning thinking - ok, yup, had brainwave, what was it I had to remember?....

grrrr the day I sleep with a pad and pencil beside the bed is the day the missus throws me out to sleep in the office.

Bleh, could involve more productivity... always a good thing right?

[ContentPimp]

most except for konrad :D

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by borked

grrrr the day I sleep with a pad and pencil beside the bed is the day the missus throws me out to sleep in the office.

I need a pad and pencil during the daytime. Terrible short term memory

[Brujah]

I think there's a misunderstanding in this thread in reference to hygiene. It doesn't mean smelly coders. It refers to poor health related to sleeping, or "sleep hygiene."

[Twoface31]

yeah right!!!!

[JA$ON]

does the study address the issue of coders NEVER admitting they are wrong and always looking at another coders work and blowing it off like it was done by a 5yr old?

The joke around our office is that you could run in to one of our programers and say "Hey, check out this new site Google, you can type in anything and it will spider the entire web and return VERY relivant search results in under a half second!"

Coders response: " (eye roll) whatever, its just a simple phpcurl beowolf cluster flux capacitor paradonal code function....I could build that in like a day or two"

P.S. I LOVE my coders and know how important they are, but everyone on the marketing side knows EXACTLY what Im talking about, lol

[Brujah]

Originally Posted by JA$ON

does the study address the issue of coders NEVER admitting they are wrong and always looking at another coders work and blowing it off like it was done by a 5yr old?

The joke around our office is that you could run in to one of our programers and say "Hey, check out this new site Google, you can type in anything and it will spider the entire web and return VERY relivant search results in under a half second!"

Coders response: " (eye roll) whatever, its just a simple phpcurl beowolf cluster flux capacitor paradonal code function....I could build that in like a day or two"

P.S. I LOVE my coders and know how important they are, but everyone on the marketing side knows EXACTLY what Im talking about, lol

You're totally right, we do that with our OWN code too though! We'll look at old code we wrote and wonder what the hell we were thinking, and rewrite it.

[HomerSimpson]

Originally Posted by myneid

ahahah i sleep like a baby and snore like a bear

[k0nr4d]

i can fall asleep easily b ut i cant stay asleep. I wake up a few times a night and always get up around 6