Programmers, teach non-geeks the true cost of interruptions
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Interruptions are one of the biggest sources of inefficiency for programmers. Now, to be fair, they’re probably a big source of inefficiency for everyone, but relatively speaking, they’re worse for programmers.
Without resorting to your homemade Taser
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I thought to send this link to my manager who interrupts me, he is a source of time wasting for me. However, I don't think that the PMs who don't understand programming will read this.
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Hehe. Nice tautology there in the quoted text. The offender, of course being "relatively speaking". The word worse already indicates a comparison of one thing to another. That said, the suggestion offered gave me more than a slight sense of sadism as I laughed maniacally at it.:thumbsup:
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Interruptions are part of the gig, especially in the last 10 years since we all have cell phones. I still swear when I am neck deep in debugging, or on the cusp of finishing a tough block of code and the phone rings. It's worse when it's the cell phone...and especially if it happens to be the wife or retired relative who is calling mostly to drone on about their boring lives, or worse complain about something. :mad: Sure, I can ignore the cell phone, but then run the risk of being questioned later about why I didn't answer earlier, or have to listen to and delete an idiotic voice mail like 'hey, call me'.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Interruptions are part of the gig, especially in the last 10 years since we all have cell phones. I still swear when I am neck deep in debugging, or on the cusp of finishing a tough block of code and the phone rings. It's worse when it's the cell phone...and especially if it happens to be the wife or retired relative who is calling mostly to drone on about their boring lives, or worse complain about something. :mad: Sure, I can ignore the cell phone, but then run the risk of being questioned later about why I didn't answer earlier, or have to listen to and delete an idiotic voice mail like 'hey, call me'.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
The first call I've made on cell-phones over the past 9-odd years is to voice-mail to disable it. Everyone that knows me knows to ring again if I dont answer and its important. Failing that, I will respond to any text message at a time suitable to me. The phone very rarely rings a second time. :)
