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Just to play devil's advocate, your productivity might have gone up but what about the people that you've been directing your questions to? They might have been
by tixocloud 13y ago
Just to play devil's advocate, your productivity might have gone up but what about the people that you've been directing your questions to? They might have been disturbed and thus, their productivity might have gone down. I get asked a lot of questions which always breaks my train of thought.
I'm not advocating for an open office or a closed office but I do appreciate something balanced. People around me are always collaborating and discussing a great number of things which really makes me lose my focus. I usually come in early when it's really quiet and no one's in yet to get things done. After that, headphones on but even then, I miss the sound of silence rather than drowning out noise with more noise.
- mjolk 13y ago>but what about the people that you've been directing your questions to? That was actually going to be my response. Speaking as the person typically on the other end of the "hey, quick question" it's crazy-distracting and it typically takes me 5-10 minutes to get back to whatever I was coding. It's demotivating that my time in the office is split between meetings and interruptions (direct or just general office roar), as well as why I'm currently receptive to interesting job offers.
- maxk42 13y agoAbsolutely valid point. But I think most of us just put on headphones if we wanted to be left alone. And in those cases, I'd absolutely email someone instead of interrupting them -- unless it was both important and urgent.
- rschmitty 13y agoSmall or urgent is the same level of distraction http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-a-programmer http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-...
- maxk42 13y agoAnd I have a habit of just putting in headphones with no music if I want to be left alone...