[traviscj]

I used to feel this was true for me, and to a large degree still do. But lately I’ve been wondering to what extent this is a self-limiting belief, and how much I can train myself to remain productive in the face of interruptions. My life is more complicated now than when my career started, and the interruption causers seem to be multiplying, so I’m seeing it as something I need to learn to deal with if I’m going to be able to stay in the field.

[x86x87]

I will tell you what. When I joined this field (decades ago) an entry level engineer would (after rampup) do more than whole teams do today.

This is not because people were somewhat better back at that point in time.

We had trust, respect for people's time and overall everyone was at least directionally pulling in the same direction.

Today we have a low trust, hustle and micromanagement culture. I am shocked every time people with experience simply don't help grow a junior engineer (because fuck em and they're gonna find a better job if they grow, amiright?). I am shocked whenever we throw people at a problem while it was shown over and over again the approach does not work for that problem. Shocked when trivial improvements are hailed as the ultimate engineering feat and impressive engineering feats are met with meh. I am shocked when people do not think (at all, zero, nada) about the performance and maintainability of the code they bang out.

People just started giving zero fucks. The future is bright.

[nine_zeros]

> Today we have a low trust, hustle and micromanagement culture. I am shocked every time people with experience simply don't help grow a junior engineer (because fuck em and they're gonna find a better job if they grow, amiright?). I am shocked whenever we throw people at a problem while it was shown over and over again the approach does not work for that problem. Shocked when trivial improvements are hailed as the ultimate engineering feat and impressive engineering feats are met with meh. I am shocked when people do not think (at all, zero, nada) about the performance and maintainability of the code they bang out.

Do you work at my company?

[coffeebeqn]

Since having kids I’m a lot more able to get in the zone for 1-2h at a time since I rarely get a whole day free (also due to a more senior position). I think it’s largely procrastination. But I also try to batch and minimize the meetings the engineers on my team have to take