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> It's really not too hard What's hard for others may not match what's hard for you.

Moru 9y ago
This is a wisdom that comes with age. Everyone is different and some have more problems to concentrate and can take different levels of stress. What most see as lazy might be people that has burned out already, just haven't realized it, thinking it's just the way it's supposed to be. Be careful with how you work, you might be able to cope right now but your brain will make sure to break when it gets too much and the cost might be pretty high.
Bukhmanizer 9y ago
Also, what counts as "work" might not match up. For some people, "working" means just sitting in front of a computer for a set amount of time. Especially with intellectual work, it's hard to balance the amount of time thinking about how to solve a problem, vs. actually implementing the solution. For all we know the person who says "you just have to have discipline" spends 95% of their time falling into random rabbit holes, and 5% actually coding, and so never gets anything done. Or otherwise, maybe they spend 99% of their time coding, but never actually stop to think about ways to solve the problem better. I'm not saying that productivity tools solve all your problems, but I find that it makes it easier to choose how much time I spend on each thing.
- iteriteratedone 9y ago
  Is this really the problem ... is it the engineer that cant focus. Its the business, the business, product team do not know what they want. They are not clear on what it should look like. Product lacks details, as a engineer we should demand more specifics from product. Focus drifts when the next action is not certain. How focused do you think atheletes are? Its because their ends are clear. Ours are loose and highly complex and with compounding execution could cause problems for many. But product is too lazy to work and be detailed.
ambicapter 9y ago
Maybe its hard for them because they're being led astray by all these blogophytes looking for a piece of their mind-share.
eckza 9y ago
Fair. 'Hard' was the wrong word. 'Complicated' is a better word. It's not complicated to develop some mindfulness. It just takes time and effort, which may or may not be 'hard'.

Moru 9y ago

This is a wisdom that comes with age. Everyone is different and some have more problems to concentrate and can take different levels of stress. What most see as lazy might be people that has burned out already, just haven't realized it, thinking it's just the way it's supposed to be. Be careful with how you work, you might be able to cope right now but your brain will make sure to break when it gets too much and the cost might be pretty high.

Bukhmanizer 9y ago

Also, what counts as "work" might not match up. For some people, "working" means just sitting in front of a computer for a set amount of time. Especially with intellectual work, it's hard to balance the amount of time thinking about how to solve a problem, vs. actually implementing the solution. For all we know the person who says "you just have to have discipline" spends 95% of their time falling into random rabbit holes, and 5% actually coding, and so never gets anything done. Or otherwise, maybe they spend 99% of their time coding, but never actually stop to think about ways to solve the problem better. I'm not saying that productivity tools solve all your problems, but I find that it makes it easier to choose how much time I spend on each thing.

iteriteratedone 9y ago
Is this really the problem ... is it the engineer that cant focus. Its the business, the business, product team do not know what they want. They are not clear on what it should look like. Product lacks details, as a engineer we should demand more specifics from product. Focus drifts when the next action is not certain. How focused do you think atheletes are? Its because their ends are clear. Ours are loose and highly complex and with compounding execution could cause problems for many. But product is too lazy to work and be detailed.

ambicapter 9y ago

Maybe its hard for them because they're being led astray by all these blogophytes looking for a piece of their mind-share.

eckza 9y ago

Fair. 'Hard' was the wrong word. 'Complicated' is a better word. It's not complicated to develop some mindfulness. It just takes time and effort, which may or may not be 'hard'.