| Some of the people on my team have headphones in all day every day... that makes all the time Do Not Disturb. This post shows that you don't trust your team to communicate. If someone is interrupting so often it is disrupted it is up to the team to communicate that. And if need be, have a manager mediate. You should also be able to tell someone who interrupts you at an inopportune time that now is not a good time and ask them if they can wait. On the flip side, the rest of the teem should know that other people's time and concentration is important / expensive and be respectful not to interrupt when not necessary. Programming especially is a team sport. Doing this is not being a team player. I'm all for social cues to tell others now would not be a good time to disturb you. I just think this kind of absolute is not the right way to do it. With that said, if it works for this particular team. More power to them. Edits: Also, I have headphones in all the time because I like to listen to music. But I don't mind be interrupted (I'm a manager, it's my job to keep people moving and if they are stuck I want to know). So am I only allowed to listen to music when I'm in DnD mode? |