PragDave: I'm on vacation, and I've deleted your message—really

Re:PragDave: I'm on vacation, and I've deleted your message—... by MatthewPhillips on Sunday November 13, 2011 @10:04AM (#3230858)

I think that works with other developers who understands how interrupting someone in the middle of coding is a big deal, but I've worked with PMs and QA people who didn't get the message that asking 4 or 5 questions a day is not cool.

Personally I prefer email for this reason. Too often I've seen coworkers who become "the guy who helps". The guy doesn't say no, who answers questions that have nothing to do with their job. I like to be helpful but I don't want to be the one who fixes everyone else's problems to the detriment of getting my own work done. It's easier to say "you should ask Joe, he's in charge of that process" in an email, for me anyways.

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Re:PragDave: I'm on vacation, and I've deleted your message—... by damoncali on Sunday November 13, 2011 @02:40PM (#3231577)

True. And there is also the guy who does nothing but wander between cubes, chatting about nothing. More of a government thing than a startup thing, to be sure. But it puts a cramp in the system.

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