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Heh. The same at my workplace, except that build times suck, tests take a long time to run (and are not dependable), and you're expected to be on an electronic leash -- namely, one of the worst possible instant messengers.
You can say MS Teams here, it’s ok…
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When I do not eat breakfast, I am unable to focus on work. It does not matter when I am in dysfunctional team (so I was actually not eating breakfast), but the moment I needed to produce, I had to eat.
Seems to be most common. My comment is only pointing out that for me it is the opposite: I work better without breakfast.
Do you actually work better, or have you decided that you work better?
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I think you're still missing the point. It isn't that you need to stay up all night, but rather the flow state. In college you typically have classes during the day so you aren't going to get it then. That doesn't make it a great thing but it also isn't exactly relevant to this conversation.
Even in college with classes, overnight studying is one of the least effective way of studying. And no, you don not need 6-8 hours of consecutive flow to learn anything. Whatever the reason for celebrating overnights, effectivity of it is not it.
Years later some of those kinds of situations were bonding moments, but none of them are considered a good thing.
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Heh. The same at my workplace, except that build times suck, tests take a long time to run (and are not dependable), and you're expected to be on an electronic leash -- namely, one of the worst possible instant messengers.
You can say MS Teams here, it’s ok…
This is so true. It's why I naturally feel dumber when I switch from a desktop computer to a laptop computer, and very stupid when working on a smartphone. I need my multiple tabs, big windows of text, etc. to get things done intelligently.
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Here's my method, tell anyone who interrupts you to "FUCK OFF" because your busy.
This method is bound to get you trapped as a junior engineer who will never be as effective as you could. Learn some people skills. Software exists for people.
"This will get you trapped as a junior" is just "All managers are terrible and we should never expect more". It's bad-manager apologism.
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For me the worst part is how "let me check that email again for context" becomes a 2-minute exercise in 2FA juggling, at the end of which I've already forgotten what I opened my email for and need a coffee break just to calm my nerves.
To login to anything now really feels like 5 factor.
I don't disagree but... If you're having a huge issue with this, I suggest trying to find ways to hold less context at one time. Write stuff down & get it out of your head more often. Write down all of your ideas & break down your tasks into smaller tasks. Don't try & solve a giant problem all at once without writing down what you're going to do. You may also discover issues earlier. It doesn't get rid of the issue 1…
Do you write it down to read it? Or write it down just to write it down? I find myself doing the latter a lot lately- synthesizing rough ideas to a couple approaches or components and prob a little sketch. I feel a bit guilty that I toss them without reading but for me I think the value is it crystalizes my thinking by putting a pen to paper.
Write it down to read it & not forget it.
Write it down because the process often helps me better think about the problem & reasons my initial assumptions were wrong. Can't tell you how many times my clever initial idea becomes terrible rather quickly.
Also if it's something that's going to exist over multiple days, writing it down & coming back to it at least a day later is a great way to re-approach the solution & idea.
For me the worst part is how "let me check that email again for context" becomes a 2-minute exercise in 2FA juggling, at the end of which I've already forgotten what I opened my email for and need a coffee break just to calm my nerves.
Before the era of mandatory 2FA the first thing I did when I arrived at the office was turn off my phone and lock it away.