Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted?

Re:Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted? by MattGaiser on Sunday January 02, 2022 @06:08AM (#29767760)

I work remotely, so I just live my life and hang around online during business hours (and sometimes nap) and then use the late evening hours to churn out work. I do not like the split between work and life at all. Better to weave it all together as I see fit. 3 days of work can easily be 3 hours if I get those 3 hours uninterrupted rather than every hour punctuated by meetings or some other dev or even just needing to check that ping.

Either that or just ignore the interruptions. Slack can be silenced, as can phones. No need to always tolerate them.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you cope with being interupted? by St_Alfonzo on Sunday January 02, 2022 @06:40AM (#29767922)

Sounds familiar. I often do the 'real work' in the late evening hours, when the world is quiet. So, you allow work to happen in your free time - are there limitations what types of personal activities you allow yourself in your normal work time (the time where you have to be reachable). I'm just curious because erasing the split between work and life is often in favor of work.

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