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Non programmers won't get it. I am trying to explain it to my wife (using the cartoon on the article) but she says I am always busy. Which is probably true, b
by BrandoElFollito 4y ago
Non programmers won't get it.
I am trying to explain it to my wife (using the cartoon on the article) but she says I am always busy.
Which is probably true, but somehow she manages to interrupt my thoughts right when I was holding the whole heap in one hand, reaching for the duct tape with the other and pushing the keyboard with the nose.
Never when I just started vscode :)
- Eugr 4y agoProgrammers is not the only profession that has a high cost of context switching. Scientists, lawyers, engineers, writers - pretty much anyone doing intellectual work would understand.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoYou forgot doctors and nurses.
- hotpathdev 4y agoNow let's look back at the list provided: -Scientists -lawyers -engineers -artists -doctors -nurses And compare it to programmers and writers. The non-programmer/non-writer world think programmers "just play on the computer" all day. So I think GP is spot on, non-programmers don't get how interrupting flow is catastrophic to what we do.
- Eugr 4y agoThe list is too long, really.
- tester457 4y agoArtists too
- NoPicklez 4y ago"Non programmers won't get it" Complete ignorance for what other jobs do. Writing code is not so different from writing long reports. When I am writing a long report, I need to focus as well and do not want to be interrupted. Programming is not the only job that requires deep thought and concentration.
- mtrower 4y agoYou’re right, but… do you write long reports, all day, every day?