If Your Laptop Is Open, You're Not Listening

Re:If Your Laptop Is Open, You're Not Listening by collyw on Monday May 09, 2016 @06:34AM (#11658728)

Obviously you are working on simple stuff if context switching makes it easy for you. I find the exact opposite problem, I spend and hour or two loading everything into memory, then get some user need me to help with their excel errors or something else. That was honestly the biggest productivity killer for me (having worked without many interruptions for the first year of my previous job).

Joel seems to think similarly: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000022.html

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Re:If Your Laptop Is Open, You're Not Listening by deanCommie on Monday May 09, 2016 @07:16AM (#11658899)

I totally respect your stance and Joel's too. I know many devs like this.

I guess maybe the point should be that there is no one size fits all solution for stuff like this (and also floor layouts - I find myself MUCH more productive in open floor layouts. I find a private office a productivity killer . Joel disagrees)

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