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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by tcoff91 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:05PM (#36935369)
Software engineering isn’t like manual labor. Only results should be measured. A programmer in a flow state who is completely focused will get more accomplished in 2 hours than they would in 8 if they were feeling uninspired and disengaged.

Our job is foremost to think and solve problems. She might very well be thinking about solutions to her coding issues while walking the dog. You are not a very deep thinker if you think butt-in-seat time = results.

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Re:The Long History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore by nine_zeros on Sunday July 30, 2023 @04:14PM (#36935457)
I wonder why those managers who think butts in seats == productivity aren't fired first. They literally don't understand the business of managing Software.
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