The Focused Developer

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Are you more productive at home? To really get something done, do you do home office? If the answer is yes, something is wrong. Most modern offices and company cultures are primarily built to communicate and interrupt. Think, how often do you respond to a message within seconds? How often do you get interrupted by a colleague asking you a simple question, that probably could wait until the next day? Communicating at wrong times is a killer for productivity.

In this talk, Philipp is going to demonstrate and share how to stop this madness. In order to be really productive as a developer, you need long hours of uninterrupted focused work. You will discover the basic principles around deep work, a state of absolute productivity, that most developers would have never experienced. Finally, you will explore how mySugr is building an office and a company culture to maximize productivity for all employees while still inviting frequent communication.

Transcript

1. The Focused Developer @muffls Philipp Hofmann
4. 9:00 am
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21. 12:00 pm
22. 6:00 pm
23. Interruptions
24. Company Culture
25. Office
29. https://panasonic.net/design/flf/works/wear-space/
33. Technology
37. Interruptions 1. Company Culture 2. Office 3. Technology
39. Multitasking is killing your brain.
40. Multitasking lets your IQ drop significantly.
41. Like skipping whole night sleep.
42. Or smoking weed. Image Source
43. Knowing there is an unread message can reduce your IQ by 10 points!
44. Turning you into a cognitive equivalent of an 8-year-old.
46. Shallow Work
48. Deep Work
49. Huge opportunity.
52. How to work deeply?
53. Deep work is not easy.
54. 1. Long Uninterrupted Hours
56. No meeting day
57. Focus Time
58. Fight for it.
61. 2. No Interruptions
62. Protect yourself from others.
63. Let others know you are working deeply.
65. Change the company culture.
66. You are your biggest enemy.
67. Make it hard to switch to shallow work.
69. Don’t check Emails, Slack or other messaging tools.
70. Log out from social media.
71. Use tools
72. forestapp.cc
74. mindfulbrowsing.org
75. 3. Take Breaks
77. Pomodoro Technique
78. Pomodoro Technique Focused Work 25 minutes Break 5 minutes
79. Pomodoro Technique 4 Pomodoros Long Break
80. Pomodoro Technique 4 Pomodoros Long Break Focused Work 25 minutes Break 5 minutes
81. My Technique Focused Work 50 minutes Break 10 minutes
82. Another technique Focused Work 90 - 120 minutes Break 20 - 30 minutes
84. Seek boredom.
86. Give your brain a break.
87. How to work deeply 1. Long Uninterrupted Hours 2. No Interruptions 3. Take Breaks
88. Eudaimonia Machine
90. mySugr Office
91. Gallery Cafe
96. Gallery Homebases Cafe
98. Reach Out
99. Gallery Homebases Cafe Cabins Meeting Rooms
102. Gallery Homebases Cafe Cabins Meeting Rooms Focus
104. In Focus we ... … take calls to a nearby mini meeting room … don’t like to be disturbed (try sending a slack message) … mute all devices … work in groups … talk quietly … are as respectful as possible
105. Gallery Homebases Cafe Focus Deep Focus Cabins Meeting Rooms
106. In Deep Focus we ... … don’t take calls … want to be left alone … mute all devices
107. … we work alone … don’t talk … are as quiet as possible
108. Gallery Homebases Cafe Focus Deep Focus Cabins Meeting Rooms
109. Further Reading
110. The Focused Developer
111. The Focused Developer Long Uninterrupted Hours No Interruptions Take Breaks
112. @muffls Philipp Hofmann The Focused Developer Long Uninterrupted Hours No Interruptions Take Breaks