Naa, this is totally backwards. Organizations should strive to decrease the number of interruptions and be flexible enough to allow people to work in environmen

Naa, this is totally backwards. Organizations should strive to decrease the number of interruptions and be flexible enough to allow people to work in environments that let them thrive. There is no good reason to say people should get used to poor working environments. All of the research shows that interruption doesn’t last for the two minutes someone needed to get a ticket judged as a 3 for the board, it lasts much longer and effectively resets your focus. A good practice for engineers is setting periods of time for non-critical interruptions, like an engineering office hours. Set periods of time on your calendar as “meetings” and disappear into a room to work for an hour, shut off your messengers. The world usually won’t blow up in the hour that you’re gone, but you will be a much happier and more productive engineer. We’re usually pretty effective when we time box things, so these methods have helped me drastically improve my focus.