> {programming} from the outside, deep work looks exactly like "loafing". Worse, from the outside causing major problems that will only show up later looks exa

> {programming} from the outside, deep work looks exactly like "loafing". Worse, from the outside causing major problems that will only show up later looks exactly like typing really intently. I remember one horrible problem I had dumped on me where I spent a week reading stuff online and doodling. Once I had a doodle I liked I threw together a multithreaded user authentication system in a week then spent a week making sure it actually worked. CIO was very impressed but afterwards admitted the first week drove him quietly insane. Luckily my team leader kept saying "that's what thinking looks like". Some managers completely miss point of thinking, and not just when other people are doing it /s