# Knowledge Work & Productivity ## 120-hour work week experiment https://forum.guzey.com/t/nick-winters-120-hours-of-coding-in-a-week-with-a-timelapse/182 ## How to Measure Knowledge Work Knowledge work can’t be measured in hours. - Productivity between hours for the same person varies by >100x - Knowledge work can have negative productivity (destructive) - Productivity between individuals varies tremendously - Each hour of work you are bringing: - Your entire career of work, to this point knowledge work is broad, not narrowly focused - Your context on this project / task - knowledge work is context-dependent - Your skill and experience with this specific task #publish #work/notes