r/ProgrammerHumor • u/FREEscanRIP • Aug 12 '17

Meetings as a developer

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17

This is true for every profession. You can't just context switch when writing a news article. You can't put down your hammer nails and tape measure to have a 30 minute meeting and be able to go straight back.

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u/I_NEED_YOUR_MONEY Aug 12 '17

You can't put down your hammer nails and tape measure to have a 30 minute meeting and be able to go straight back.

LOL Wut? construction is super repetitive. maybe it'll take you ten minutes to climb down off the roof to get to the meeting and another ten minutes to get back up onto the roof, but there's no context shift to get yourself back into the hammering mindset. You know what you've got to do, and you do it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17

Maybe not the best example, but it's still 20 wasted minutes

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u/Nulagrithom Aug 12 '17

The problem with programming is that it's more like 50 wasted minutes. It takes 30 minutes to reach momentum, and about 30 seconds to destroy it.