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>> Enters into a state of Flow, where when the candidate is coding a long time they are wired in and cannot easily get distracted Haha, TBH almost every progr
by markbnj 12y ago
>> Enters into a state of Flow, where when the candidate is coding a long time they are wired in and cannot easily get
distracted
Haha, TBH almost every programmer I know under 30 years old is distracted every 90 seconds by a) a tweet, b) a text, c) a notification, or d) an email. Wait, actually that's all of us, under 30 or not.
- elcct 12y agoBut you have control over when you are responding to said distraction, so it won't necessarily get you out of the zone.
- markbnj 12y agoI suppose, to an extent, but I think all the notifications and events are more successful than not in pulling people's attention away from what they are doing. At least that is my observation.
- vonmoltke 12y agoDepends on how you are wired. I can't not react to external stimuli, and being in an environment with a lot of stimuli I can't control raises my stress level pretty quickly.
- bengali3 12y agoi allow myself to be impacted by this too much, but I would still say we do have control, as we choose to allow ourselves to be exposed to the stimuli, right? the provided examples above a-d can all be controlled by not having your phone in front of you, and closing non-coding applications. desk drive-bys and kitchen cake on the other hand, are much less likely for me to resist