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> It might be useful to "all be in the room" when brainstorming. Once the coding starts, this is just a set of distractions I don't need. This is not the dicho
by gniv 3y ago
> It might be useful to "all be in the room" when brainstorming. Once the coding starts, this is just a set of distractions I don't need.
This is not the dichotomy you make it look. There are lots of other tasks to do, and for those I personally would often go in a cafeteria or public space, since I didn't mind the distractions -- reading code, doing code reviews, reading docs, writing docs, responding to emails. "Coding" was a relatively small part of my day as a SWE at [FAANG].
- rob74 3y agoThe problem is just that there are some people who are able to concentrate while lots of other people are having lots of non-related conversations around them in a cafeteria (sounds like this might be you), while others can't. And the latter will prefer home office to a cafeteria or even to the usual open-plan office...