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Concentration should be familiar to anyone having done any sort of higher grade education. Or skilled work. Martial arts. Music. Even several art forms. This i

by usernam 10y ago

Concentration should be familiar to anyone having done any sort of higher grade education. Or skilled work. Martial arts. Music. Even several art forms. This is not something specific to programming, at all. I'm not sure why "the zone" and specific euphemisms are used in programming and being reposted, as if concentration was specific to programming itself (and I say that as a programmer). Consider this thought: a layperson not understanding what concentration is all about speaks volumes about his background. And I'll add: sadly.

refurb 10y ago
Agreed. The question comes across as a little out of touch. Does the OP think a blue collar worker doesn't understand being in the "zone"?
- 4258HzG 10y ago
  I would guess 'management' would be the more likely target. In jobs like sales and administration, being able to rapidly switch focus to what just came up is advantageous. The people on the manufacturing floor or operations I have worked with have the same issues with being interrupted during their work, though it's often an engineer that's the culprit. (Managers can quantify 'blue colar' productivity losses easier.)
  - adrianratnapala 10y ago
    The in such situations, engineers often are the managers. For example I asked an engineer uncle of mine what kind of salary to expect when moving back to Australia. He immediately started talking about middle-manager compensation.
- madmax108 10y ago
  You'd be amazed at how many people just don't get it. I know people just like the ones described in the article who are more social butterflies, never needing to get "in the zone" as you put it (or needing to get into it much less often). For them, it's never about understanding depth, but more surface level stuff. For me, everyday starts with a period of time (15 min to half an hour) spent just trying to get myself to get back in the flow of what I need to get done, and if I'm interrupted by, say an unplanned meeting, or an impromptu chat with my manager, then I need to start all over again! :( When I'm in the zone, I can crunch stuff up in half or even a third of the time compared to if I'm repeatedly interrupted, but that's pretty much a nobrainer I guess

by usernam 10y ago

refurb 10y ago

Agreed. The question comes across as a little out of touch. Does the OP think a blue collar worker doesn't understand being in the "zone"?

4258HzG 10y ago
I would guess 'management' would be the more likely target. In jobs like sales and administration, being able to rapidly switch focus to what just came up is advantageous. The people on the manufacturing floor or operations I have worked with have the same issues with being interrupted during their work, though it's often an engineer that's the culprit. (Managers can quantify 'blue colar' productivity losses easier.)
- adrianratnapala 10y ago
  The in such situations, engineers often are the managers. For example I asked an engineer uncle of mine what kind of salary to expect when moving back to Australia. He immediately started talking about middle-manager compensation.
madmax108 10y ago
You'd be amazed at how many people just don't get it. I know people just like the ones described in the article who are more social butterflies, never needing to get "in the zone" as you put it (or needing to get into it much less often). For them, it's never about understanding depth, but more surface level stuff. For me, everyday starts with a period of time (15 min to half an hour) spent just trying to get myself to get back in the flow of what I need to get done, and if I'm interrupted by, say an unplanned meeting, or an impromptu chat with my manager, then I need to start all over again! :( When I'm in the zone, I can crunch stuff up in half or even a third of the time compared to if I'm repeatedly interrupted, but that's pretty much a nobrainer I guess