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Geek Culture / Why Programmers Work at Night.

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soapyfish II
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Posted: 17th Dec 2011 03:03
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I've not got much to add, just linking to an interesting read. Clicky clicky!!!

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Hodgey
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Posted: 17th Dec 2011 10:42
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Well, now I know why Lee spends all night programming.

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soapyfish II
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Posted: 17th Dec 2011 11:26
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If I take this paragraph::
Quote: "I find one meeting can sometimes affect a whole day. A meeting commonly blows at least half a day, by breaking up a morning or afternoon. But in addition there's sometimes a cascading effect. If I know the afternoon is going to be broken up, I'm slightly less likely to start something ambitious in the morning. I know this may sound oversensitive, but if you're a maker, think of your own case. Don't your spirits rise at the thought of having an entire day free to work, with no appointments at all? Well, that means your spirits are correspondingly depressed when you don't. And ambitious projects are by definition close to the limits of your capacity. A small decrease in morale is enough to kill them off."


but replace "meeting" with "distraction" it's scary how familiar this sounds to me. Taken from here,
http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html
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Dark Java Dude 64
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Posted: 18th Dec 2011 00:32
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Haha very interesting and i find that article to be true! I concentrate best at around 2 to 4 A.M, lol!

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