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Do you hate it because it's inefficient or because it's cutting you from a pleasure source ? Some times I feel like the efficiency argument is a bit of an excu
by zimbatm 13y ago
Do you hate it because it's inefficient or because it's cutting you from a pleasure source ?
Some times I feel like the efficiency argument is a bit of an excuse that we use because being in the zone feels so good. Especially if you're the geeky type that doesn't derive much pleasure from social interaction it feels like someone just pulled the plug from your morphine drops and put some Tabasco instead. On the other side, working in the after-glow of the zone is inefficient but nobody seems to mind too much about that.
- chc 13y agoAt least in my own experience, I'm pretty sure the efficiency argument is not an excuse. There are some days when I really don't enjoy what I'm doing all that much (e.g. "One customer says that form with the thing doesn't work — fix that"), but I still hate getting pulled away multiple times when I'm being productive because I can't just immediately go back to being productive, and now I'm doing something tedious and taking even longer at it.