While off topic I’d echo this for managing coders as well. A lot of the problem set is debugging people and teams. For example “why is x person performing diff

While off topic I’d echo this for managing coders as well. A lot of the problem set is debugging people and teams. For example “why is x person performing differently” and the debugger are time boxed to 1:1s, sprint cadence meetings, and looking at output, so the thinking between those debugging events is increased because you can’t just brute force it like a sticky code problem. I think the pandemic has worsened this. Pre-pandemic I had a 40 min walk buffer to and from work where I’d naturally start thinking about my own life. Others had dedicated offices at home and other social interactions, or a coworking space. Now most social interactions and validation for many come from work slack or zoom, no commute for everyone, and for those in smaller spaces their living room or kitchen or bedroom is their office so work is always within reach and their is no buffer. There’s also not much else to do. So even if you can pull yourself away from your laptop your thoughts are more often than not focused on solving these kinds of work problems.