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Did you notice that the grand parent is promoting instant interruptions with remote meetings? You're talking about being able to ignore your coworkers requests

by jayd16 3y ago

Did you notice that the grand parent is promoting instant interruptions with remote meetings? You're talking about being able to ignore your coworkers requests easier. Seems pretty contradictory, no? I also do wonder what the real value of it ignoring live requests is. You personally get to stay on task but what about what's lost? If you block two or more people isn't it worse overall?

no_wizard 3y ago
Work should be structured to be as non blocking as possible in the first place. If its not, there is either an issue in planning, resources, or in (unlikely) cases, truly it has to be serial, in which case it should be planned accordingly I'd also argue, that 2 people being blocked because of X should warrant breaking through any focus period, as thats clear indication of an issue that needs more attention. If you're talking about 2 people being blocked simply because they don't know what to do, thats why companies should have proper mentorship programs in the first place, it was a need hidden because being in-office made this less visible of a need, but it was always there, and dedicated mentorships are better than ad-hoc problem solving in these types of cases. Not every senior needs to be in the "deep work" pool (we do mentorship on rotation where I work)
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > Work should be structured to be as non blocking as possible Which works if the work is predictable. If you’re in a dynamic environment, that’s not possible. Hence, agility. To take an absurd example, military command shouldn’t be RO.
LtWorf 3y ago
Noobs mostly do the interrupting and want to be able to interrupt. On the other hand, the experts are just getting interrupted with noob questions, and end up helping several people with their tasks in a day and their own task is still there undone. Noob get promoted and expert doesn't. Expert hates the noob. Clear enough?

by jayd16 3y ago

no_wizard 3y ago

Work should be structured to be as non blocking as possible in the first place. If its not, there is either an issue in planning, resources, or in (unlikely) cases, truly it has to be serial, in which case it should be planned accordingly I'd also argue, that 2 people being blocked because of X should warrant breaking through any focus period, as thats clear indication of an issue that needs more attention. If you're talking about 2 people being blocked simply because they don't know what to do, thats why companies should have proper mentorship programs in the first place, it was a need hidden because being in-office made this less visible of a need, but it was always there, and dedicated mentorships are better than ad-hoc problem solving in these types of cases. Not every senior needs to be in the "deep work" pool (we do mentorship on rotation where I work)

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> Work should be structured to be as non blocking as possible Which works if the work is predictable. If you’re in a dynamic environment, that’s not possible. Hence, agility. To take an absurd example, military command shouldn’t be RO.

LtWorf 3y ago

Noobs mostly do the interrupting and want to be able to interrupt. On the other hand, the experts are just getting interrupted with noob questions, and end up helping several people with their tasks in a day and their own task is still there undone. Noob get promoted and expert doesn't. Expert hates the noob. Clear enough?