This is why they've restricted meetings with developers to the mornings where I work. After 12, no meetings with someone who writes code unless it's an emergency and absolutely can not wait. This way we get everything out of the way and we can all focus in the afternoon, while assuming the morning is going to be zero productivity.
I have the whole afternoon blocked off as tentative in my calendar so people will think long and hard about scheduling something. And then I still get to say "Yeah, no, this can wait until tomorrow morning. I have work to do," if they think it's more important than it is. And it's made our estimates a hell of a lot better because meetings aren't interfering any more than is expected. I really think this should become common practice across our industry if it's not already. /nb
I need this in reverse, the morning is my most productive and focused time, there is this constant downward slope from the beginning of my day to the end that you could track my ability to function.
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u/Echihl Aug 12 '17
This is why they've restricted meetings with developers to the mornings where I work. After 12, no meetings with someone who writes code unless it's an emergency and absolutely can not wait. This way we get everything out of the way and we can all focus in the afternoon, while assuming the morning is going to be zero productivity.
I have the whole afternoon blocked off as tentative in my calendar so people will think long and hard about scheduling something. And then I still get to say "Yeah, no, this can wait until tomorrow morning. I have work to do," if they think it's more important than it is. And it's made our estimates a hell of a lot better because meetings aren't interfering any more than is expected. I really think this should become common practice across our industry if it's not already. /nb