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Good news: our survey got some views from "normal" people (see here[^].
Bad news: this is what they concluded from the survey:
Developers Are Distracted
Developers working from home in the COVID-19 crisis are facing more distractions than ever— from the pantry to family. Keep this in mind when offering advertising and content to developers. Their already fragmented attention is juggling new and different distractions.
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What an idiot he is.
Quote: Their already fragmented attention
Clearly, he has no idea how focussed an attention you need in order to do the job properly, and how external distractions can wreck your complex train of thought...
On the other hand, if that reduces the number of ads I get targeted at me, it's a bonus! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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No profile data, and only that 1 blog entry... I suppose he is new.
Good start  
M.D.V. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: he has no idea how focussed an attention you need in order to do the job properly
I thought you were used to QA. 
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Notice the word on the end of that quote ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Exactly, that's what got me the most :p why are we being insulted?
I saw it as "Their already feeble mind, cannot handle more distractions" "look at them little fellows bashing their keyboards, bless their cute little souls" :p
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One screen and 'what day is it?' are definitely a problem for me.
No real interaction with people is also up there. You may have noticed that I've only been posting on here from two weeks ago!!! This has become my 'virtual having a chat in the kitchen'.
Oh yeah! And having to remote in to a Windows PC from my Macbook has it's keyboard challenges.
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title.Replace("Developers", "People");
At least we're still working
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Sander Rossel wrote: At least we're still working
Yep! Too right. Working, being paid and (at the moment) still healthy. No more bitching from me.
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5teveH wrote: No more bitching from me.
Damn, you're really not good at it.
I can still find plenty to bitch about.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I was about to say the same. About this applying to the people in general, not just developers.
Although I have no data to back this up with, I would say it's even worse among the general population.
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iskSYS wrote: Developers Are Distracted
This is an urban legend, like lawyers who are ... oh, hold on a second, my daughter needs me.
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That may be true for some developers, just as it may be for many other people not used to working at home.
It is emphatically not true for me. I can be much more focussed and productive when I am at home than when I am in the office. I get a faster and more reliable Internet connection at home than in the office under the new company IT regime. I also get better tea, a better chair and a better office space. Working at home has been my default for quite a long time.
Phil
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Not married, no children, right?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: Not married, no children, right?
You make it sound like such an impediment.
I'm in that boat, and I've been working from home for over a dozen years now. But I'm not seeing the inferred correlation/causation link.
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Married, 3 children, 4 grandchildren.
Only SWMBO is left at home and mostly she leaves me in peace while I'm working.
I know I am extremely fortunate compared to many people forced unwillingly to work at home and I don't mean to belittle their difficulties, just to point out that it's not the same for everyone.
Phil
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I somehow missed that survey. Otherwise I would have added that I'm missing my 1m by 2m office desk with nothing but legroom underneath. Here at home I'm rather constrained with my 30y old computer desk with a board underneath where my legs should go (I remember I used to have my printer there - that saved me a lot of room on top of the desk, although it didn't help my knees either). I keep hitting my shins on it. 
As far as distractions go, I don't see much of a difference to the office. I expected that to be the greatest challenge but it really isn't. If anything, my spouse is making me work harder, not less. 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Am I a cad, ma? Nuts!(9)
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Macadamia
Nuts=macadamia as well as indicates anagram
modified 1-Apr-20 4:04am.
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But I liked it ... 
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Trevor Noah[^] is trending through the roof, in China.
Who the Hell saw that coming? The poor chap's going to suddenly get an awful lot richer.
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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who?
maybe big in china, but small everywhere else?
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the goat in your machine wrote: who?
He is one of the many late night show hosts on American TV that sit in front of a camera and say "Orange man bad" to rapturous laughter from an audience who are laughing not because it is funny but to register ideological support. No different from Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon etc. Just go to the "trending" page of YouTube if you want to indulge in this propaganda as big tech is keen to push it on you.
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Nailed it. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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