Programmers, teach non-geeks the true cost of interruptions (2014)

Re:Programmers, teach non-geeks the true cost of interruptio... by JoeAltmaier on Friday July 09, 2021 @04:37PM (#27788220)

Sounds like a manager talking. The problem with programmers is, they haven't learn how to multitask! A few youtube videos and maybe a seminar and voila! They'll no longer be derailed by buzzword bingo and backseat driving.

The act of saying "Sorry, ..." is enough to derail a deep debug session. Having a manager hover over your shoulder is enough. And if that's not believable, then clearly one of us hasn't been there, and has a naive view about programming.

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Re:Programmers, teach non-geeks the true cost of interruptio... by ngc248 on Saturday July 10, 2021 @04:34AM (#27792023)

Exactly ...multi-tasking only works for shallow/low impact work. The expectation of multi-tasking for all forms of work is simply ludicrous.

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Re:Programmers, teach non-geeks the true cost of interruptio... by Toutouxc on Friday July 09, 2021 @04:50PM (#27788341)

People are different. Back at the office my boss would be distracted every few minutes by someone else on the team and still be productive. I, on the other hand, cannot really concentrate if my GF is in the same room, silent, browsing the web on her computer.

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