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My favorite working hours, of all time, are 11pm-7am. I get more done in that 8-hour stretch than any other. There's less local news. There's nobody to call

My favorite working hours, of all time, are 11pm-7am. I get more done in that 8-hour stretch than any other. There's less local news. There's nobody to call or text. There are no deliveries. Slack is quiet. My email is quiet. Our repos are quiet. The dev logs are quiet. My family is asleep so I know they're good. If I need a minute to think, I can sit on my front porch and not worry about being distracted. Now that I have a young kid, it's really hard (and generally selfish) to work those hours. I miss it.

c7DJTLrn 6y ago
The number of @here IM pings I get on company chat during the day is insane, and usually none of them apply to me. Sometimes I have to just secretly schedule work that requires my absolute focus to the night time behind my boss' back. I shouldn't really do that - I don't get paid enough to - but anyway.
- enobrev 6y ago
  It might be time to just shut off slack for a few hours a day. It's probably frowned upon in some places, but when I _really_ need to focus (during daytime hours), I generally shut down slack, email, my phone, etc. Generally, the teams I've worked with over the years have been amenable to this. I try to promote it with my teams as well: actual time off (no popping in while on vacation or sick), good sleep, time for focus, shutting off slack - especially when not working. The last thing any of us need is to burn out because of notification overload. It makes us a stronger team if we're all healthy, well-rested, and able to get things done.
pontifier 6y ago
Seriously too many distractions make work impossible. I can't seem to get this into people's heads. I need them to leave me alone when I'm working. It's so bad that I've started to get anxiety every time I open my computer. I start to panic because I know a distraction is coming. It makes it so difficult.
- moosebear847 6y ago
  Block them!

c7DJTLrn 6y ago

The number of @here IM pings I get on company chat during the day is insane, and usually none of them apply to me. Sometimes I have to just secretly schedule work that requires my absolute focus to the night time behind my boss' back. I shouldn't really do that - I don't get paid enough to - but anyway.

enobrev 6y ago
It might be time to just shut off slack for a few hours a day. It's probably frowned upon in some places, but when I _really_ need to focus (during daytime hours), I generally shut down slack, email, my phone, etc. Generally, the teams I've worked with over the years have been amenable to this. I try to promote it with my teams as well: actual time off (no popping in while on vacation or sick), good sleep, time for focus, shutting off slack - especially when not working. The last thing any of us need is to burn out because of notification overload. It makes us a stronger team if we're all healthy, well-rested, and able to get things done.

pontifier 6y ago

Seriously too many distractions make work impossible. I can't seem to get this into people's heads. I need them to leave me alone when I'm working. It's so bad that I've started to get anxiety every time I open my computer. I start to panic because I know a distraction is coming. It makes it so difficult.

moosebear847 6y ago
Block them!