Context-switching - one of the worst productivity killers in the engineering industry
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Intro
There are many productivity killers in our industry and one of the worst is context-switching. Many times we are interrupted or distracted by a certain thing like changing of priorities, meetings or we just lose focus.
It takes over 20 minutes to get back on track with a task after being interrupted.
I have asked Eugene Shulga, a seasoned Engineering Leader and VP of Technology at Telnyx to give us his insights on how to deal with context-switching!
He has quite a similar story that I do. He started as an engineer and grew to become a manager and currently VP of Technology. He is sharing tips from his own experience as a:
software engineer,
manager and
manager of managers.
Let’s get straight to them next!
As a software engineer, it’s really important to have bigger blocks of focus time.
When I worked as a software engineer, being focused played a big part in my role. I was able to focus for 4-6 hours on average. I learned the following principles to reduce distractions and increase my foc…