The Importance of Deep Work and the 30-Hour Method for Learning a New Skill
One thing I cannot understand is why we have both:<p>(a) a long history of research proving to us that principles like "High-Quality Work Produced = (Time Spent) x (Intensity of Focus)" are accurate and highly related to extracting the most economically valuable outputs from knowledge workers.<p>(b) open plan offices.<p>Maybe the tech industry is daunting for newcomers because we cram people into a sardine can, give them a ping pong paddle and a craft beer, and say "don't go home tonight until you've Disrupted Everything."