Well, tell you what, that's not the metaphor I was hoping to see. Rocket propulsion gets more efficient in flight because the rocket gets lighter as it burns it

Well, tell you what, that's not the metaphor I was hoping to see. Rocket propulsion gets more efficient in flight because the rocket gets lighter as it burns its fuel: same punch, less mass to move. What I _figured_ I'd see here was the same notion applied to software work. Namely, building up small efficiencies in an organization will have compounding effects. What are those? Well, percentage point improvements to build systems, slow, careful work to cut down on resource consumption in software systems, etc etc. This was... different. Achieving maximal time efficiency -- "goofing off for 5 minutes every day adds up to 3 more full days of work per year" -- is sacrificing long-term sustainability for short-term, uh, presence, I guess? It's certainly not that your work is better when you micro-manage your time, even in the immediate term. The mind needs play time to make associations between ideas, to keep up one's well-being. Three more full days of work a year don't mean anything to anyone if to _get_ those three days you're left a shambles. In short, rockets don't work this way and neither should anyone else.