Senior Engineers Don’t Manage Their Work. They Manage Their Attention. (opens in new tab)

The productivity system for engineers in environments where deep work is constantly interrupted — and why time management misses the point entirely\. I want to give you a number that will probably make you uncomfortable\. The average software engineer gets approximately ninety minutes of uninterrupted deep work per day\. Not ninety minutes of working\. Ninety minutes of the kind of focused, undistracted work where real engineering progress happens\. The kind of work where you hold a complex s...