Maker’s vs. Manager’s Schedule →
Paul Graham, of Y Combinator on the difference between how manager’s and developer’s schedules work:
For someone on the maker’s schedule, having a meeting is like throwing an exception. It doesn’t merely cause you to switch from one task to another; it changes the mode in which you work.
For a developers, meetings cost much more than the hour they span. Keep this in mind when scheduling their time.
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