Letting creative people just do their job -- without the constant interruptions and diverting obligations -- isn't just great for productivity, it's also wonderful for morale. Because nothing beats solving problem together with talented colleagues and shipping great software.

Full interview with Katerina Trajchevska from CTO Insights here:

Creative people not required daily scrum calls they can deliver end result quickly if we not distract them

I missed days like this. It was the most "creative," productive, and, most importantly, super fulfilling time of my career. I wasn't even tired of working. I forgot how good it was Somehow, with career growth, new titles, and "all other useless processes," the feeling is gone...

Ever spotted that engineer? - Stays late like it's a lifestyle - Fits two weeks of work into one weekend - Treats meetings like an endurance test - Looks morning-tired, evening-inspired - Swaps gym time for 'crunch time' If you know, you know!

So you’re saying it isn't productive to interrupt people in the zone to ask when the work will be done, remind them of a dozen other pending tasks, and take the opportunity to discuss all the technical debt in the project? Shocking!

Steve Jobs: Great people don't need to be managed. Brian Chesky: Someone told me that I don't need to manage great people, but that was wrong, so I studied Steve Jobs and realized that I have to do stuff too. DHH: Great people don't need to be managed.

DHH on fire as always 🔥🤌

My boss (the owner), drops in my office about every 45m to an hour for a “how’s it going? Whatchya working on?” chat. He doesn’t believe it’s that often so I’ve resorted to placing pushpins into cork board each interruption so he can see it.

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