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Reading through your comment I can't help but think "this is a junior person who has never actually worked in an office." Offices are complex setups full of co

Reading through your comment I can't help but think "this is a junior person who has never actually worked in an office." Offices are complex setups full of complex people, and to think that you can extrapolate your few experiences or a study to cover any office, ever, anywhere is hopelessly naïve. "But when you work on the execution of the agreed plan, you have to have a quiet place on your own" <- This is simply not true for everyone, as much as you (for some reason) wish that it was. I'm similar to the person you replied to in that I work best in "busier" environments. (Also, just to cut you off at the pass, I don't have ADHD - what a very strange comment to make). It has nothing to do with multi-tasking, I just enjoy and am far more productive working amongst other people than I am working alone in an office. I don't need to "work on my ability to concentrate", as my technical directors can attest to, it's just who I am. I think you would be well served by understanding that not everyone is like you, and that people have different needs and abilities. It will help as you progress in your career.

still_grokking 9y ago
> Reading through your comment I can't help but think "this is a junior person who has never actually worked in an office." Wrong assumption. Almost ten years in professional software development. > I work best in "busier" environments. Can you then explain the contradiction how being distracted by visuals, noise and human speech should help to concentrate? > It has nothing to do with multi-tasking, I just enjoy and am far more productive working amongst other people than I am working alone in an office. It has a lot to do with multi-tasking. Your brain uses some capacity to process all the distracting inputs. Even if you try not to get distracted by them. That's a subconscious process. Nobody can do anything about it. (Even when you sleep you brain processes inputs from the outside world!) When you are in a distractive environment your brain loses processing power for the actual task. That's something that can be measured. (A simple test is to let people solve math exercises under time pressure in different environments) I don't say that working only on your own is the most productive thing to do in every situation, it isn't. Discussing things is much easier when people come together. But when you have to be focused on only one task you have to be in a non distracting environment.
- fb_letsdothis 9y ago
  > When you are in a distractive environment your brain loses processing power for the actual task. That's something that can be measured. (A simple test is to let people solve math exercises under time pressure in different environments) No. This (might) measure the impact of an environment on a specific individual solving math exercises under time pressure...nothing more. If you actually have 10 years of dev experience than you should very well know that this isn't what development is! > But when you have to be focused on only one task you have to be in a non distracting environment. I'm standing in the rain telling you it's wet outside and you're pointing to a weather report telling me it's sunny. Not every person is built to a factory spec - we're all individuals. I, and apparently other people in this thread like me, do not do our most proficient work in non distracting environments. It's really that simple : )

still_grokking 9y ago

> Reading through your comment I can't help but think "this is a junior person who has never actually worked in an office." Wrong assumption. Almost ten years in professional software development. > I work best in "busier" environments. Can you then explain the contradiction how being distracted by visuals, noise and human speech should help to concentrate? > It has nothing to do with multi-tasking, I just enjoy and am far more productive working amongst other people than I am working alone in an office. It has a lot to do with multi-tasking. Your brain uses some capacity to process all the distracting inputs. Even if you try not to get distracted by them. That's a subconscious process. Nobody can do anything about it. (Even when you sleep you brain processes inputs from the outside world!) When you are in a distractive environment your brain loses processing power for the actual task. That's something that can be measured. (A simple test is to let people solve math exercises under time pressure in different environments) I don't say that working only on your own is the most productive thing to do in every situation, it isn't. Discussing things is much easier when people come together. But when you have to be focused on only one task you have to be in a non distracting environment.

fb_letsdothis 9y ago
> When you are in a distractive environment your brain loses processing power for the actual task. That's something that can be measured. (A simple test is to let people solve math exercises under time pressure in different environments) No. This (might) measure the impact of an environment on a specific individual solving math exercises under time pressure...nothing more. If you actually have 10 years of dev experience than you should very well know that this isn't what development is! > But when you have to be focused on only one task you have to be in a non distracting environment. I'm standing in the rain telling you it's wet outside and you're pointing to a weather report telling me it's sunny. Not every person is built to a factory spec - we're all individuals. I, and apparently other people in this thread like me, do not do our most proficient work in non distracting environments. It's really that simple : )