1. I'm pretty sure he was suggesting, wake up right about the time the conversation starts.
2. work 20 hours.
3. get a good 8 hours sleep.
4. wake up, work till the end of the competition.
So, this is a brutal, impossible, long term kind of schedule to keep.
I think the grandparent's point was, you could schedule time before and after the event, to make the event itself bearable, perhaps even enjoyable. Code that's fun to write is just so effortless. 12 hours isn't a big deal, but 20 would be really pushing it for me.
1. I'm pretty sure he was suggesting, wake up right about the time the conversation starts.
2. work 20 hours.
3. get a good 8 hours sleep.
4. wake up, work till the end of the competition.
So, this is a brutal, impossible, long term kind of schedule to keep.
I think the grandparent's point was, you could schedule time before and after the event, to make the event itself bearable, perhaps even enjoyable. Code that's fun to write is just so effortless. 12 hours isn't a big deal, but 20 would be really pushing it for me.