> Most people didn't get into programming so that they could interview people 10+ hours per week. I agree that said I like working on really good teams with sm

> Most people didn't get into programming so that they could interview people 10+ hours per week. I agree that said I like working on really good teams with smart people so there is some balance, you either are willing to invest in improving your team or you can sort of hope it happens by accident. Hoping it happens by accent is like hoping you'll win the Lotto but never buying a ticket! > Plenty of managers won't really count interviewing time in the project management tools (or give you credit however time is managed). You're still on the hook for whatever work you would have been responsible for with 0 interviews. Then clearly for that manager this is not a priority and they should leave you alone. :-) I think the challenge then in that situation is the manager is making a big mistake. I'm a hands-on manager, I take stories off the board, I code, I do meetings and I know how hard it is to really deliver when you're doing lots of "distracting" things. If your manager is pressuring you to do interviews then you need to push back and take less work off the backlog. Employment should be a dialog, not a series of orders barked at you by someone who doesn't understand their impact.