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I was wondering if people wanted to discuss a little bit of detail about the life inside of the title they call "their job", or their "work week". I bet there are some things that will feel similar between people, and others that will feel very different. I'll go first.

For me, my job is pretty much 100% in the office (or home now), and not in the field. When I am in the office, I take the train from NJ to Philadelphia, as the office I work in is in Center City, Philadelphia. My commute is about 45 minutes.

I work on a fairly high-end computer (multiple physical cores, lots of RAM) and I have 3 monitors. Working on a laptop (as I sometimes have to do remotely) feels very cramped by comparison, and once you work on x +1 monitors, there is no going back to x monitors again. I have many tasks focused on QAing many sources of data used in hydrologic models. In this role, it is helpful to have multiple documents open at the same time, such as a given database, my notes on what I need to do to it, and another program such as GIS or R Studio. The larger the monitor, (or monitors) the better. The majority of my work is done in Excel, GIS, R, and on the more interesting days, SWMM. I typically like to listen to music while I work, especially if I am home alone and not in the office around the rest of my team. On days when I feel less busy, I like to try to learn to write more in R in order to create scripts to automate some of the more mundane parts of my job.  I am still very much a novice, but we have a few other people on our staff who've managed to make some very useful tools for our team.

I probably average 1-2 meetings per day over the course of any given week. Some of these are staff update meetings, and some are client meetings or working meetings for a particular task or issue. Occasionally, other people on the team call me (or in the office, talk in person) to confirm some detail about a particular dataset, and I frequently spend time teaching our junior staff more about these data sources, and checking their work.

In the office during non-pandemic times, I worked in an open group containing about 12 people. It has many of the pros and cons of working in an open environment, but ultimately I prefer it to the lonely and isolated cubicle life. 

I tend to eat lunch on the later end of the afternoon. My hours are pretty standard, but have some flexibility when needed. (8-5, 9-6)

After work, I usually try to make dinner, work out, and get one or two more little tasks finished. Ideally there is still some time left for me to do something to relax before I go to bed. (I am very much a night owl at this point in my life).

What does an average work day look like for you?

I was wondering if people wanted to discuss a little bit of detail about the life inside of the title they call "their job", or their "work week". I bet there are some things that will feel similar between people, and others that will feel very different. I'll go first.

For me, my job is pretty much 100% in the office (or home now), and not in the field. When I am in the office, I take the train from NJ to Philadelphia, as the office I work in is in Center City, Philadelphia. My commute is about 45 minutes.

I work on a fairly high-end computer (multiple physical cores, lots of RAM) and I have 3 monitors. Working on a laptop (as I sometimes have to do remotely) feels very cramped by comparison, and once you work on x +1 monitors, there is no going back to x monitors again. I have many tasks focused on QAing many sources of data used in hydrologic models. In this role, it is helpful to have multiple documents open at the same time, such as a given database, my notes on what I need to do to it, and another program such as GIS or R Studio. The larger the monitor, (or monitors) the better. The majority of my work is done in Excel, GIS, R, and on the more interesting days, SWMM. I typically like to listen to music while I work, especially if I am home alone and not in the office around the rest of my team. On days when I feel less busy, I like to try to learn to write more in R in order to create scripts to automate some of the more mundane parts of my job.  I am still very much a novice, but we have a few other people on our staff who've managed to make some very useful tools for our team.

I probably average 1-2 meetings per day over the course of any given week. Some of these are staff update meetings, and some are client meetings or working meetings for a particular task or issue. Occasionally, other people on the team call me (or in the office, talk in person) to confirm some detail about a particular dataset, and I frequently spend time teaching our junior staff more about these data sources, and checking their work.

In the office during non-pandemic times, I worked in an open group containing about 12 people. It has many of the pros and cons of working in an open environment, but ultimately I prefer it to the lonely and isolated cubicle life. 

I tend to eat lunch on the later end of the afternoon. My hours are pretty standard, but have some flexibility when needed. (8-5, 9-6)

After work, I usually try to make dinner, work out, and get one or two more little tasks finished. Ideally there is still some time left for me to do something to relax before I go to bed. (I am very much a night owl at this point in my life).

What does an average work day look like for you?

I was wondering if people wanted to discuss a little bit of detail about the life inside of the title they call "their job", or their "work week". I bet there are some things that will feel similar between people, and others that will feel very different. I'll go first.

For me, my job is pretty much 100% in the office (or home now), and not in the field. When I am in the office, I take the train from NJ to Philadelphia, as the office I work in is in Center City, Philadelphia. My commute is about 45 minutes.

I work on a fairly high-end computer (multiple physical cores, lots of RAM) and I have 3 monitors. Working on a laptop (as I sometimes have to do remotely) feels very cramped by comparison, and once you work on x +1 monitors, there is no going back to x monitors again. I have many tasks focused on QAing many sources of data used in hydrologic models. In this role, it is helpful to have multiple documents open at the same time, such as a given database, my notes on what I need to do to it, and another program such as GIS or R Studio. The larger the monitor, (or monitors) the better. The majority of my work is done in Excel, GIS, R, and on the more interesting days, SWMM. I typically like to listen to music while I work, especially if I am home alone and not in the office around the rest of my team. On days when I feel less busy, I like to try to learn to write more in R in order to create scripts to automate some of the more mundane parts of my job.  I am still very much a novice, but we have a few other people on our staff who've managed to make some very useful tools for our team.

I probably average 1-2 meetings per day over the course of any given week. Some of these are staff update meetings, and some are client meetings or working meetings for a particular task or issue. Occasionally, other people on the team call me (or in the office, talk in person) to confirm some detail about a particular dataset, and I frequently spend time teaching our junior staff more about these data sources, and checking their work.

In the office during non-pandemic times, I worked in an open group containing about 12 people. It has many of the pros and cons of working in an open environment, but ultimately I prefer it to the lonely and isolated cubicle life. 

I tend to eat lunch on the later end of the afternoon. My hours are pretty standard, but have some flexibility when needed. (8-5, 9-6)

After work, I usually try to make dinner, work out, and get one or two more little tasks finished. Ideally there is still some time left for me to do something to relax before I go to bed. (I am very much a night owl at this point in my life).

What does an average work day look like for you?

Hello everyone!

Great discussion topic, Chris.

My day up until now also happens at home for most of the time. I wake up at about 6:30 AM and start working at 7:30 AM. Pre-pandemic I used to wake up at 5:00 am to swim, although some pools are still closed so that's not happening anymore. I highly recommend except using before starting your day. 

Once I log in, there's usually some emails already to check. As someone working on the construction industry, contractors and other team members to start their day even before 7:30 AM. Once I knock off those emails, which usually doesn't take too long, I look at the rest of the things I have to do in the day, make a list, prioritize them, and start tackling one by one. 

The day for us finishes usually between 4:30 and 5:30, although now working from home it is easier to remain online even after hours in case an urgent email or task comes in. Either way, I work out after I log off for about 40 mins to 1 hour, then come back home and get ready for d

I was wondering if people wanted to discuss a little bit of detail about the life inside of the title they call "their job", or their "work week". I bet there are some things that will feel similar between people, and others that will feel very different. I'll go first.

For me, my job is pretty much 100% in the office (or home now), and not in the field. When I am in the office, I take the train from NJ to Philadelphia, as the office I work in is in Center City, Philadelphia. My commute is about 45 minutes.

I work on a fairly high-end computer (multiple physical cores, lots of RAM) and I have 3 monitors. Working on a laptop (as I sometimes have to do remotely) feels very cramped by comparison, and once you work on x +1 monitors, there is no going back to x monitors again. I have many tasks focused on QAing many sources of data used in hydrologic models. In this role, it is helpful to have multiple documents open at the same time, such as a given database, my notes on what I need to do to it, and another program such as GIS or R Studio. The larger the monitor, (or monitors) the better. The majority of my work is done in Excel, GIS, R, and on the more interesting days, SWMM. I typically like to listen to music while I work, especially if I am home alone and not in the office around the rest of my team. On days when I feel less busy, I like to try to learn to write more in R in order to create scripts to automate some of the more mundane parts of my job.  I am still very much a novice, but we have a few other people on our staff who've managed to make some very useful tools for our team.

I probably average 1-2 meetings per day over the course of any given week. Some of these are staff update meetings, and some are client meetings or working meetings for a particular task or issue. Occasionally, other people on the team call me (or in the office, talk in person) to confirm some detail about a particular dataset, and I frequently spend time teaching our junior staff more about these data sources, and checking their work.

In the office during non-pandemic times, I worked in an open group containing about 12 people. It has many of the pros and cons of working in an open environment, but ultimately I prefer it to the lonely and isolated cubicle life. 

I tend to eat lunch on the later end of the afternoon. My hours are pretty standard, but have some flexibility when needed. (8-5, 9-6)

After work, I usually try to make dinner, work out, and get one or two more little tasks finished. Ideally there is still some time left for me to do something to relax before I go to bed. (I am very much a night owl at this point in my life).

What does an average work day look like for you?

Hello everyone!

Great discussion topic, Chris.

My day up until now also happens at home for most of the time. I wake up at about 6:30 AM and start working at 7:30 AM. Pre-pandemic I used to wake up at 5:00 am to swim, although some pools are still closed so that's not happening anymore. I highly recommend except using before starting your day. 

Once I log in, there's usually some emails already to check. As someone working on the construction industry, contractors and other team members to start their day even before 7:30 AM. Once I knock off those emails, which usually doesn't take too long, I look at the rest of the things I have to do in the day, make a list, prioritize them, and start tackling one by one. 

The day for us finishes usually between 4:30 and 5:30, although now working from home it is easier to remain online even after hours in case an urgent email or task comes in. Either way, I work out after I log off for about 40 mins to 1 hour, then come back home and get ready for d

I was wondering if people wanted to discuss a little bit of detail about the life inside of the title they call "their job", or their "work week". I bet there are some things that will feel similar between people, and others that will feel very different. I'll go first.

For me, my job is pretty much 100% in the office (or home now), and not in the field. When I am in the office, I take the train from NJ to Philadelphia, as the office I work in is in Center City, Philadelphia. My commute is about 45 minutes.

I work on a fairly high-end computer (multiple physical cores, lots of RAM) and I have 3 monitors. Working on a laptop (as I sometimes have to do remotely) feels very cramped by comparison, and once you work on x +1 monitors, there is no going back to x monitors again. I have many tasks focused on QAing many sources of data used in hydrologic models. In this role, it is helpful to have multiple documents open at the same time, such as a given database, my notes on what I need to do to it, and another program such as GIS or R Studio. The larger the monitor, (or monitors) the better. The majority of my work is done in Excel, GIS, R, and on the more interesting days, SWMM. I typically like to listen to music while I work, especially if I am home alone and not in the office around the rest of my team. On days when I feel less busy, I like to try to learn to write more in R in order to create scripts to automate some of the more mundane parts of my job.  I am still very much a novice, but we have a few other people on our staff who've managed to make some very useful tools for our team.

I probably average 1-2 meetings per day over the course of any given week. Some of these are staff update meetings, and some are client meetings or working meetings for a particular task or issue. Occasionally, other people on the team call me (or in the office, talk in person) to confirm some detail about a particular dataset, and I frequently spend time teaching our junior staff more about these data sources, and checking their work.

In the office during non-pandemic times, I worked in an open group containing about 12 people. It has many of the pros and cons of working in an open environment, but ultimately I prefer it to the lonely and isolated cubicle life. 

I tend to eat lunch on the later end of the afternoon. My hours are pretty standard, but have some flexibility when needed. (8-5, 9-6)

After work, I usually try to make dinner, work out, and get one or two more little tasks finished. Ideally there is still some time left for me to do something to relax before I go to bed. (I am very much a night owl at this point in my life).

What does an average work day look like for you?

I was wondering if people wanted to discuss a little bit of detail about the life inside of the title they call "their job", or their "work week". I bet there are some things that will feel similar between people, and others that will feel very different. I'll go first.

For me, my job is pretty much 100% in the office (or home now), and not in the field. When I am in the office, I take the train from NJ to Philadelphia, as the office I work in is in Center City, Philadelphia. My commute is about 45 minutes.

I work on a fairly high-end computer (multiple physical cores, lots of RAM) and I have 3 monitors. Working on a laptop (as I sometimes have to do remotely) feels very cramped by comparison, and once you work on x +1 monitors, there is no going back to x monitors again. I have many tasks focused on QAing many sources of data used in hydrologic models. In this role, it is helpful to have multiple documents open at the same time, such as a given database, my notes on what I need to do to it, and another program such as GIS or R Studio. The larger the monitor, (or monitors) the better. The majority of my work is done in Excel, GIS, R, and on the more interesting days, SWMM. I typically like to listen to music while I work, especially if I am home alone and not in the office around the rest of my team. On days when I feel less busy, I like to try to learn to write more in R in order to create scripts to automate some of the more mundane parts of my job.  I am still very much a novice, but we have a few other people on our staff who've managed to make some very useful tools for our team.

I probably average 1-2 meetings per day over the course of any given week. Some of these are staff update meetings, and some are client meetings or working meetings for a particular task or issue. Occasionally, other people on the team call me (or in the office, talk in person) to confirm some detail about a particular dataset, and I frequently spend time teaching our junior staff more about these data sources, and checking their work.

In the office during non-pandemic times, I worked in an open group containing about 12 people. It has many of the pros and cons of working in an open environment, but ultimately I prefer it to the lonely and isolated cubicle life. 

I tend to eat lunch on the later end of the afternoon. My hours are pretty standard, but have some flexibility when needed. (8-5, 9-6)

After work, I usually try to make dinner, work out, and get one or two more little tasks finished. Ideally there is still some time left for me to do something to relax before I go to bed. (I am very much a night owl at this point in my life).

What does an average work day look like for you?

I was wondering if people wanted to discuss a little bit of detail about the life inside of the title they call "their job", or their "work week". I bet there are some things that will feel similar between people, and others that will feel very different. I'll go first.

For me, my job is pretty much 100% in the office (or home now), and not in the field. When I am in the office, I take the train from NJ to Philadelphia, as the office I work in is in Center City, Philadelphia. My commute is about 45 minutes.

I work on a fairly high-end computer (multiple physical cores, lots of RAM) and I have 3 monitors. Working on a laptop (as I sometimes have to do remotely) feels very cramped by comparison, and once you work on x +1 monitors, there is no going back to x monitors again. I have many tasks focused on QAing many sources of data used in hydrologic models. In this role, it is helpful to have multiple documents open at the same time, such as a given database, my notes on what I need to do to it, and another program such as GIS or R Studio. The larger the monitor, (or monitors) the better. The majority of my work is done in Excel, GIS, R, and on the more interesting days, SWMM. I typically like to listen to music while I work, especially if I am home alone and not in the office around the rest of my team. On days when I feel less busy, I like to try to learn to write more in R in order to create scripts to automate some of the more mundane parts of my job.  I am still very much a novice, but we have a few other people on our staff who've managed to make some very useful tools for our team.

I probably average 1-2 meetings per day over the course of any given week. Some of these are staff update meetings, and some are client meetings or working meetings for a particular task or issue. Occasionally, other people on the team call me (or in the office, talk in person) to confirm some detail about a particular dataset, and I frequently spend time teaching our junior staff more about these data sources, and checking their work.

In the office during non-pandemic times, I worked in an open group containing about 12 people. It has many of the pros and cons of working in an open environment, but ultimately I prefer it to the lonely and isolated cubicle life. 

I tend to eat lunch on the later end of the afternoon. My hours are pretty standard, but have some flexibility when needed. (8-5, 9-6)

After work, I usually try to make dinner, work out, and get one or two more little tasks finished. Ideally there is still some time left for me to do something to relax before I go to bed. (I am very much a night owl at this point in my life).

What does an average work day look like for you?