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What I find is that the people that work for me are much more distracted by FB and the plethora of other web distractions than other developers.
by hnriot 12y ago
What I find is that the people that work for me are much more distracted by FB and the plethora of other web distractions than other developers.
- bentlegen 12y ago^This. Note that we're all commenting on HN right now complaining about how open offices destroy our productivity.
- preinheimer 12y agoI get to choose when I go to HN. I just closed a bug I'd spent the better part of the week on, I'm fine with relaxing. In an open office I lacked the ability to choose interruptions. I still remember Dipesh coming over, slamming his hands down on my shoulders, to ask "what's up buddy". You could hear the stack falling out of my brain. He just wanted to chat.
- bentlegen 12y agoMaybe you should talk to Dipesh.
- sheepmullet 12y agoHave you ever considered that FB, HN, etc are the way people cope with the extra stress, distraction, and low level anxiety of working in an open plan office? When I work from home I don't waste time on these distractions like I do when I'm in the office.
- hnriot 12y agoI have considered that, but I don't buy it for one moment. Open plan offices have many advantages, you just need to hire people that are mature enough to deal with it. People who can self regulate. I don't mind some time spent on FB and HN etc, I think the latter is actually a net-positive, there are technologies that osmotically people become familiar with through reading about people's experiences. But FB is 100% a waste of time. Corporate IT don't block it, they just measure it and provide management reports on it's usage.