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I strongly think Paul Graham Disagrees with you: http://www.paulgraham.com/foundersatwork.html http://www.paulgraham.com/foundersatwork.html http://www.paulgr

by maeon3 15y ago

I strongly think Paul Graham Disagrees with you: http://www.paulgraham.com/foundersatwork.html http://www.paulgraham.com/foundersatwork.html http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html The bulk of the programming work in this world was not performed by handsome people in suits or fine cloths at clean desks in fabric covered boxes with serious professional expressions on between the hours of 9 to 5 under the direction and supervision of a non technical manager (with regular staff meetings). The best programming is on par with performing neurosurgery on humans, we don't put neurosurgeons in a cubicle from 9 to 5 and measure them by how many hours they sat in the surgery room chair. We don't force them to "look busy" in their cubicle after they did a tough operation for 3 hours. A good neurosurgeon has to be on top of his game when he is cutting people. Humans are not on top of their game when they are forced to "look busy" for 8 hours a day.

sthatipamala 15y ago
I didn't say anything to the contrary. I am merely pointing out confounding factors in such a short experiment, even though its results actually support my own opinions.
- joezydeco 15y ago
  I also believe one day is too short to measure anything here. If everyone in your office disappeared for exactly one day, would anything really be different when you got back the next morning? It happens all the time on company holidays. Have those O2 employees work from home for a whole week and let's see where it goes.
Produce 15y ago
>We don't force them to "look busy" Working in a place where that was required damn near drove me crazy and made me extremely unproductive (since you learn how to look busy and find yourself using your newly acquired skill at every possible opportunity, possibly out of spite). Managers take note - you are shooting yourselves in the foot with such policies.
cncool 15y ago
Sprinters reach maximum speed at about 60 meters of the 100 meter dash -- nowhere close to the start.

by maeon3 15y ago

sthatipamala 15y ago

I didn't say anything to the contrary. I am merely pointing out confounding factors in such a short experiment, even though its results actually support my own opinions.

joezydeco 15y ago
I also believe one day is too short to measure anything here. If everyone in your office disappeared for exactly one day, would anything really be different when you got back the next morning? It happens all the time on company holidays. Have those O2 employees work from home for a whole week and let's see where it goes.

Produce 15y ago

>We don't force them to "look busy" Working in a place where that was required damn near drove me crazy and made me extremely unproductive (since you learn how to look busy and find yourself using your newly acquired skill at every possible opportunity, possibly out of spite). Managers take note - you are shooting yourselves in the foot with such policies.

cncool 15y ago

Sprinters reach maximum speed at about 60 meters of the 100 meter dash -- nowhere close to the start.