[jlarocco]

> Most engineers work with passion, and don't look at the clock. They are focused on delivering a certain task, and they will make their best to deliver it, even with the interruptions, even if this will require them to work 10 minutes more at the end of the day.

Right...

First, IME engineers aren't any more passionate about their jobs than anybody else. Even for people who are passionate, the majority of their day is unlikely to be 100% dedicated to the things they're passionate about. Nobody I've ever met is passionate about digging through their inbox in the morning, or going to scrum meetings, or doing sprint planning, etc.

Second, engineers are also the ones who get most upset and demotivated by the pointless waste of time. If you can speed up my compile by 5 minutes, then do it. If you can speed it up by 5 seconds, then do it. There's nothing the engineers I know hate more than wasting time on tasks that could be automated or made to run faster.