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by bob1029
2 days ago
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I've found that I get more done the less time I'm at the computer. My productivity also went up dramatically when I reduced from three monitors to one. I solve most of my problems when I'm doing things like chopping vegetables or mowing the lawn. Sitting in the presence of shiny technology does not magically confer one with the ability to achieve higher quality decisions more quickly. I find the opposite to be mostly true. I can massively outperform the development team that my clients have simply because I am not a full time employee and can idle out long enough to think about their problems the slow way. The urgency to keep the status circle green in Teams (and related productivity theater) creates a lot of stupid decisions in many shops. |
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Right on! For 15 years I worked for two companies that had their offices on the cliffs overlooking the ocean in La Jolla CA. I would spend a lot of time walking along the cliffs or in the park thinking about work, and for serious work discussions I would urge my colleagues to walk with me if we didn’t need a white board.
Listen to Rich Hickey’s ‘hammock talk’ again…