Arc Tangent

“What dis­tin­guished pro­gram­mers at the top-​performing com­pa­nies wasn’t greater expe­ri­ence or bet­ter pay. It was how much pri­vacy, per­sonal work­space and free­dom from inter­rup­tion they enjoyed.” — The Rise of the New Group­think, New York Times

I keep try­ing to get this across to non-​engineers and folk who work in more “social” sorts of roles. It has, thus far, been a very hard con­cept to convey.