It's a fallacy to assume if you're not able to task-switch efficiently, there's something wrong with you and nothing to do with the nature of your work. As an

It's a fallacy to assume if you're not able to task-switch efficiently, there's something wrong with you and nothing to do with the nature of your work. As an example, Feynman would avoid distractions as much as he could, would make excuses to stay away from administrative duties at Caltech to dedicate solid chunks of time to his research work. And when you're thinking in abstractions while programming, interruptions and task-switching is the last thing you could afford in order to stay productive.