Why Pivots don't do their best work at night

Why Pivots don't do their best work at night - Pivotal Labs

Why Pivots don't do their best work at night

There is an interesting article by Swizec Teller over at Business Insider talking about why programmers do their best work late at night. This is not the case at Pivotal. Generally when we have clients committing code late at night, the team ends up having to refactor it and get tests around it the next day. Often leading to a net loss of productivity even if the amount of time invested was greater. So why then do so many developers seem to agree with the article? The article has two general theories, and unfortunately I think they are correct for most developers. However, rather than having developers commit all their code at night, Pivotal has better solutions to problems the article talks about. The first theory is that developers need to hold the whole code base in their head, and any interruptions will force them to start over. So late at night is the only time develo...

Full article: http://pivotallabs.com/why-pivots-dont-do-their-best-work...

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@austinfrmboston » 23 Jan '13, 5pm
Some people are simply not good socially, and will not be a good pair #truestory [link]
@TesterAB » 23 Jan '13, 1pm
RT @marlenac: That quote pairs well with this blog post WHICH I LOVE… "Why Pivots don't do their best work at night" [link] cc/ @jamessocol
@noturnonred » 23 Jan '13, 1pm
good read on developer productivity & how environment encourages it- Why Pivots don't do their best work at night: [link]
@sowrov » 23 Jan '13, 9am
Why Programmers Work At Night [link] And a possible solution: [link]
@marlenac » 23 Jan '13, 4am
That quote pairs well with this blog post WHICH I LOVE… "Why Pivots don't do their best work at night" [link] cc/ @jamessocol
@reddit_prog_hot » 23 Jan '13, 2am
Why Pivots don't do their best work at night - Pivotal Labs [link] [[link] by:Pythe comments:6 score:8]
@drnic » 23 Jan '13, 2am
@pmenglund didn't you read; you're not supposed to work at night! [link] :)
@davidpick » 23 Jan '13, 2am
RT @abedra: Holy self indulgent bullshit batman. [link] tl;dr our clients are stupid and you should hire us.
@abedra » 23 Jan '13, 2am
Holy self indulgent bullshit batman. [link] tl;dr our clients are stupid and you should hire us.
@tek_news » 23 Jan '13, 1am
Reddit/p: Why Pivots don't do their best work at night - Pivotal Labs [link]
@sameerkalburgi » 23 Jan '13, 1am
RT @dan_tao: So true, esp: "If I could only pick one benefit [of pairing], keeping everybody on task would probably be it." [link]
@proggitarticles » 23 Jan '13, 12am
Why Pivots don't do their best work at night - Pivotal Labs: submitted by Pythe [link] [1 comment] [link]
@hnfirehose » 23 Jan '13, 12am
Why Pivots don't do their best work at night - Pivotal Labs: [link]
@lilliealbert » 22 Jan '13, 7pm
oh hey @tjgrathwell did you hear? Why Pivots don't do their best work at night [link]
@unixmonkey » 22 Jan '13, 7pm
@mileszs Great article. I like this one too: [link]
@OptimusQA » 22 Jan '13, 7pm
Nice article by @pivotallabs including one of the hidden benefits of TDD. [link]
@mitc0185 » 22 Jan '13, 6pm
RT @kevinmatheny: “@pivotallabs: Why Pivots don’t do their best work at night [link]” I agree with both of your solutions.
@kevinmatheny » 22 Jan '13, 6pm
“@pivotallabs: Why Pivots don’t do their best work at night [link]” I agree with both of your solutions.
@dan_tao » 22 Jan '13, 6pm
So true, esp: "If I could only pick one benefit [of pairing], keeping everybody on task would probably be it." [link]
@TildeWill » 21 Jan '13, 4pm
RT @moonmaster9000: Why Pivots don't do their best programming at night. [link]
@TechnophilePR » 21 Jan '13, 4am
Not all programmers burn the midnight oil: "Why Pivots don't do their best work at night" [link] @pivotallabs
@ClayShentrup » 20 Jan '13, 9pm
RT @hiremaga: Why Pivots don't do their best work at night [link]
@OyoKooN » 20 Jan '13, 9pm
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@moonmaster9000 » 20 Jan '13, 8pm
Why Pivots don't do their best programming at night. [link]
@ScottMuc » 22 Jan '13, 6pm
RT @pivotallabs: Why Pivots don't do their best work at night [link]
@pivotallabs » 22 Jan '13, 5pm
Why Pivots don't do their best work at night [link]
@hiremaga » 20 Jan '13, 9pm
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