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> They still got notification sound It astounds me that people use notification sounds for messenger and e-mail clients. How do you get anything done when bein
by x3n0ph3n3 4y ago
> They still got notification sound
It astounds me that people use notification sounds for messenger and e-mail clients. How do you get anything done when being repeatedly distracted all day?
- shultays 4y agoI dont find them as distracting. I think I am good at context switching. They only become an annoyance if you were following a thread and people are discussing in it with you nothing to add, in which case I unfollow it. I even find them sometimes helpful, they provide short breaks. If I want to focus hard on something I can just ignore them to check later
- treeman79 4y agoWhen I was younger Constant context switching kept me productive all day long. Eventually was diagnosed as ADHD. Apparently keeping half a dozen things going at once was my coping method. First time on medication was surreal oh how I just worked on one thing at a time.
- selfhoster11 4y ago> How do you get anything done when being repeatedly distracted all day? You're confusing productivity with reachability. I currently have my Slack set to be pretty sensitive to topics that concern me, but that's voluntary. In a previous workplace, Slack was noisy af and I felt pressured to keep it at maximum sensitivity. Of course that just made me more anxious.
- GekkePrutser 4y agoIt depends on the job. A large part of my job is collaboration. The times that I have to put my head down and focus are the exception and in those cases I will put myself on DND anyway. I think as a developer it would be very different.
- lmm 4y agoYou get less done, but what you do get done is more useful since you're paying attention to what's actually needed, so you come out ahead.