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Would like to see a source for that claim. 27C is pretty hot and multiple studies have found that temperature to be suboptimal for classroom performance (which
by thrownaway2424 12y ago
Would like to see a source for that claim. 27C is pretty hot and multiple studies have found that temperature to be suboptimal for classroom performance (which may not by indicative of programmer productivity, I guess).
"... the performance of two numerical and two language-based tests was significantly improved when the temperature was reduced from 25°C to 20°C (77°F to 68°F)."
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10789669.2007.10390951#.VKDzRsBrA http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10789669.2007.103...
- arjie 12y agoIt's probably this source that I misremembered (the numbers are close enough for me to have made a mistake). That explains why I couldn't find anything. Thanks.
- Raphmedia 12y agoI feel like all this talk is nonsense and people should simply work at the temperature they feel comfortable at. Offices should be at a neutral temperature and provide personal heaters. I keep my room around 28C during the winter and 35C in the summer. The office I work at is set to 21C. I hate it and feel like I work better when I'm hotter. I doubt there is a magic number that would have everyone work faster.
- thrownaway2424 12y agoYou must have a well-built house :-) I feel lucky if any part of my house reaches 20C.
- arjie 12y agoOh certainly, I didn't mean that there was some magic number. I just wanted to say that obviously temperature extremes don't work. I should never have mentioned that 27 C thing (which was just a misremembered number). It isn't even my own favourite.