Why programmers work at night

A talk about the habits of programmers, delivered at Webcamp Zagreb 2012.

Transcript

1. Swizec Teller
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2. http://leanpub.com/nightowls
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3. Night or morning?
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4. http://nightowls.swizec.com
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5. It depends ...
   freelance vs. staff
   pet projects
   families
   age
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6. Why?
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7. Hacker culture
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8. Lone genius mythos
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9. Why?
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10. Flow
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11. flow is completely
    focused motivation.a
    single-minded
    immersion
    ~ Mihály Csíkszentmihályi,
    flow researcher
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12. Why night?
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13. habit
    clear mind
    creativity
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14. interruptions
    and
    distractions
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16. To do
    good physics
    work, you do
    need absolute
    solid lengths
    of time.
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17. Drugs
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18. A bit of bad news
    you have to be
    healthy
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19. leanpub.com/nightowls
    promo code: webcampzg
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