Re:It's time to switch to a four-day working week, say two e...
by Swizec on Saturday June 08, 2019 @05:19PM
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> most modern workplaces are not factory floors 'processing work items', so the analogy only goes so far.
I recommend reading The Phoenix Project. It does a great job of dispelling the myth that software engineering is unpredictable and artisanal and whatnot. At the abstraction layer of a department or division manager it becomes indistinguishable and the same stochastic modeling principles apply.
But that’s besides the point. A more important point is the idea of effectiveness.
4 days of effective work are often better than 5 days of being busy but ineffective.
Personally I get more done in a 4 day week because I am more cut-throat about saying No to things that don’t matter.
I recommend reading The Phoenix Project. It does a great job of dispelling the myth that software engineering is unpredictable and artisanal and whatnot. At the abstraction layer of a department or division manager it becomes indistinguishable and the same stochastic modeling principles apply.
But that’s besides the point. A more important point is the idea of effectiveness.
4 days of effective work are often better than 5 days of being busy but ineffective.
Personally I get more done in a 4 day week because I am more cut-throat about saying No to things that don’t matter.