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I once had to work a 5-hour production issue in a Hilton hotel room. The temperature, desk ergonomics, and lack of distractions (people or things) led to nearly
by 6thaccount2 7y ago
I once had to work a 5-hour production issue in a Hilton hotel room. The temperature, desk ergonomics, and lack of distractions (people or things) led to nearly superhuman levels of efficiency and clarity of thought. This solidified my view that open floor plans and cubes that are only a few feet high are absolutely horrendous for getting any work done. It perturbs me that offices are wasted on management that is typically in meeting rooms 90% of the day and thus can't take full advantage of them. I'm an extrovert too, so I can't fathom the annoyance of people who really don't like being in a crowd.
- SyneRyder 7y agoI remember reading that John Carmack used to stay at hotels just to get coding done. Apparently it's an anecdote in Masters Of Doom but I think I've heard it elsewhere too. This HN comment mentions the anecdote, but also others who have done similar (eg coding on cruises): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16518726 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16518726 EDIT: Missed that this has already been mentioned in comments below too
- tomatocracy 7y agoIt’s also a pretty common thing that writers (of novels) claim to do to get work done.