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This doesn’t work well, because of this: “This requires to be able to work on a couple of problems at the same time.” ...which is a really bad idea, because c
by enraged_camel 7y ago
This doesn’t work well, because of this:
“This requires to be able to work on a couple of problems at the same time.”
...which is a really bad idea, because context-switching carries a heavy productivity penalty. Many studies show this clearly: even though people may feel more productive when multi-tasking, they actually are much less productive, and the solutions they come up with to complex problems are more likely to be wrong because they haven’t spent as much time in the same context (i.e. asked for help, couldn’t get any on time, was forced to switch to another task/problem).
- sutterbomb 7y agoWorking on two or three projects concurrently over the course of two or three weeks is not the same as multi-tasking. If you’re expected to immediately respond to things and have multiple projects going, yes that’ll be trouble. But if you’re able to pace your own work, and respond in hours/days, you can be more than capable of holding more than one thing in your head.