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How I Hired Someone On Craigslist And Quadrupled My Productivity

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Re: How I Hired Someone On Craigslist And Quadrupled My Productivity

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Post by aneth4 »

jeremyjh wrote: post #69
aneth4 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A productivity system that works can not be idiotic.

It needs to work for more than one person for more than one month before its even worth a conversation.

Now that's idiotic. There needs to be a conversation before it can be used by more than one persion, and it likely needs to be used by many people as the result of conversation (and blog posts) before there is enough anecdotal evidence to warrant a scientific study.

Not to mention the fact that if it works for someone, it is by definition effective for that person, and worth noting for that person.

What's with the influx of HN'ers demanding scientific proof before any matter is discussed? Same debate happened over whether meditation was helpful.

Re: How I Hired Someone On Craigslist And Quadrupled My Productivity

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Post by reledi »

lifeformed wrote: post #60
tjic wrote: post #5

As a productivity system, this is idiotic. As a blog post that serves as link-bait, it is GENIUS. ...which is to say, I think it excelled at the REAL goal. ;-)

I don't think he's saying we should all hire some slappers. Rather, if we incorporate the right kind of social component to our workflow, we can improve productivity a lot. The slapping is an attention-getter for sure, but I think it's a creative way to make a point.

It's the same idea behind coworking events.

Re: How I Hired Someone On Craigslist And Quadrupled My Productivity

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Post by ljf »

natep wrote: post #70
lifeformed wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think he's saying we should all hire some slappers. Rather, if we incorporate the right kind of social component to our workflow, we can improve productivity a lot. The slapping is an attention-getter for sure, but I think it's a creative way to make a point.

Yea, for 2 hours :/ He should write a post after 6 months of doing this.

True, but when I work in a busy vibrant office, surrounded by interesting peers excited by their work, my productivity goes through the roof - I feel like a cheat spending time on Facebook or HackerNews.

When working from home or in a dull share office...

Re: How I Hired Someone On Craigslist And Quadrupled My Productivity

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Post by bobsy »

fennecfoxen wrote: post #7

The $0/hour is to redirect your most popular slack sites in (e.g. Facebook) using /etc/hosts. You can redirect them to localhost, or to something you personally find annoying. :P

This wouldn't work for me. I would set this up then procrastinate trying to figure out how to get around it.

Re: How I Hired Someone On Craigslist And Quadrupled My Productivity

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Post by ajuc »

benzor wrote: post #4

I think it's a neat and creative idea, but I wonder about its long-term effectiveness as they get to know one another better. It's easy to be embarrassed when making mistakes in front of someone you don't know at all, because there still exists that social awkwardness between the two. But get to know someone well enough and it's much easier to shrug off. Maybe he should just hire someone new every few weeks to keep t…

The most productive time I've had in home projects was when I pair programmed with my friend.

I actually think when you know the person watching you and value her/his opinion it works better.

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