11 years ago there was an article in Russian LiveJournal, talking about the same. It compares programmer's work with falling asleep and about how hard it is to get back to that "sleep-like" state if you're interrupted.
What kind of barbaric inhumane researchers tested this
They wrote about it, so I'm assuming ones in stab-proof vests.
My friend had a t-shirt that says "fuck off I'm coding" on the back across the shoulders. If anyone interrupted him he'd pack up for the day and go home.
No shit!
best decision I ever made years and years ago was to stop being a regular employee and instead do freelance/consulting work. No more interruptions. Emails can be ignored when need be, same with calls and texts, I don't use whatsapp or any of that. My Jira is PURELY for bug tracking and if anyone that has been invited into it goes off rails on it for something OTHER than bug tracking they get removed.
If I go into an office I leave whenever I want. If someone starts bothering me I pack up and go.
U freelance, and use jira? What kinds of monster are you?!
majority of my clients use it, just makes them feel better.
Jira almost seems like overkill if all it's for is bug tracking. Though I'm guessing all your clients are just used to it, so let them have their comfort zone?
I hate Jira so much. It's designed to do everything for everyone, and that makes it a big, wet, hairy dog.
yup, majority of clients use so just makes things easier on them. Dont' get me wrong I hate it too but they like it so whatever, I adapt.
Perfectly fine to interrupt an hour-long train of thought to ask me if we're out of milk.
Just peachy.
https://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
Guard your "maker" time slots.
What is the time code for micromanaging my calendar to fend off pointless meetings?
Put recurring block of hours on your calendar called "focus time" that auto-denies all meeting invitations.
Doesn't matter how many times you say this to managers who aren't technical or haven't worked as a code grunt, they won't understand. Most of them are devoid of empathy and understanding, and cannot conceptualize a position other than their own, which also makes them bad managers.
Obligatory Jason Heeris comic
and the monkey user version
If I ever start my own dev agency this will be our secret weapon. Every developer gets an office with a door.
Am I allowed to be naked as long as the door is closed?
We have that. It's called work from home.
We had that too. >3000 people all forced to RTO for "reasons" and probably 95% of all those people do their jobs entirely on a computer. The real stupid irony is having to now commute into an office just to join a zoom call with the half of my team that is out of state and gets to stay in their homes.
But this will be different, everybody will pay a sort of "rent" to use this office, but it'll be worth it because it's so big and has bedrooms and bathrooms, and you can put your office wherever you want, and even own it if you want to
Good article, but it goes so much further than this. This is why a lot of passionate devs are nocturnal. Why the venn diagram overlap between devs and expensive noise cancelling headphones is massive. It is why lots of (voluntary) programming is procrastinated on, and ultimately simply kills a lot of software that could have been. Not to mention the software that is, could have a higher quality, leading to less frustrated users and less dead beat jobs in support.
So go on over and ask Derrek or Sheryl if they have that PDF that was sent to everyone.
Most devs have known this for decades, so let’s wait another 20 years before we get a study to confirm all that too.
Night is the only "me" time I can get.
Coding at night is my happy place…
Funny thing: developers say the same.
Abolish open office plans for programming.
And what, we should listen to them? Imagine that! /s
As a developer, I don't believe in multitasking for this very reason.
Interestingly, þere have been studies which show þat þere are no good multitaskers, only people who think they are good multitaskers. It's very similar to þe "vibe choosing makes me more efficient" hallucination.
shouldn't those be eths?
Wait, why are you using the þ character? I understand how to read it, but you're the first person(?) I've seen use it conversationally.
Edit: oh I see, just read your bio
Edit: oh I see, just read your bio
…People on here have bios?
He likes that it takes 10x longer to read everything he writes.
Every time I come across it, it becomes a little less painful.
Skill issue
I understand how to read it
Is there a way or is just guessing? I’m out of the loop.
It's thorn, so it's literally just a th
Part of the reason I strongly prefer to wfh.
WFH is great, if you live alone. Not so much if you have family (especially kids) or a particularly manja kitty 🤣.
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