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by bigiain 606 days ago
> Interestingly, "interruptions / randomness" was only the sixth most significant, while the most significant cause was "engineering system friction."

I notice that if you add the "lack of focus time" responses to that, you'd get the 3rd most significant factor, which feels closer to right to me...
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soneca 606 days ago
I think the separation makes sense. Scheduled meetings spread out through the day rather than grouped together and running efficiently is definitely a bad day for me.

But small, 2-5 minutes interruptions for a quick question never bothered like it seems to do with a lot of people here on HN. I can go back to my focus pretty instantly after a “quick question interruption”.

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kevindamm 606 days ago
Yeah, sounds right. I think they're separated because an abundance of meetings, or just poorly scheduled meetings, can contribute to lack of focus time.

Scheduled and unscheduled interruptions?

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