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Former Multician here. Andre was super-smart, but it is perhaps also relevant that even the most junior developers (as I was then) had quiet private space to w
by jrd259 8y ago
Former Multician here. Andre was super-smart, but it is perhaps also relevant that even the most junior developers (as I was then) had quiet private space to work with large desks. All design was done offline. Multics terminals were like type-writers (although video did show up near the end), hence no stream of popups. The environment both allowed for and demanded focus and concentration. This is no longer so.
- dasmoth 8y agoThanks for commenting! And yes, more than the pencil-and-paper aspect of this, what I find striking is that it's one person working quietly and alone, with a manager who was prepared to take "Still designing" as an answer. There seems to be very little room for that in a lot of modern workplaces, and I find that rather sad.