Ask HN: How do you measure if you are productive or not?

Re:Ask HN: How do you measure if you are productive or not? by raxxorrax on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:23AM (#28431602)

I don't. I roughly measure the time I use on a problem, but that is mainly to not loose myself in details. But otherwise I deliver when its done

> How engaged you were - what was the APM etc

Hell no. Sometimes I reflect without typing anything for minutes. This time is essential to focus on the important parts. I also make pauses and get a coffee whenever I like.

Life isn't just work, I don't need to tune my productivity. I think my boss is happy I deliver reliably... more or less.

Context switches are deadly for productivity though, on that I agree. This is why I vastly prefer asynchronous communication. Yes, you can probably answer that mail tomorrow...

From a dashboard I expect that I can share its info with others working on a problem to sync our work. Don't know if that helps.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you measure if you are productive or not? by robertohanas on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:57AM (#28431761)

Thanks for commenting.

That's exactly why I'm asking. --- most dashboards seem to show a part of the story but that's often incomplete. Ex. Time spent Thinking is 100% productive but if you measure APM -It isn't labeled as such.

Delivering reliably is important for managers - but how do you do that if the task constantly change.. I'm assuming you you estimate and as long as you're on target more or less - it's ok with your manager? -- Could you expand on the sharing with others part? - what you want to share ?

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