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Fifteen years ago, Paul Graham of startup accelerator Y Combinator published his “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule” essay outlining the different ways computer programmers and bosses use time. Those in a maker’s role — including Graham, a programmer himself — “prefer to use time in units of half a day at least” because they “can’t write or program well in units of an hour,” he explained.
By contrast, managers have meetings galore, so “by default you change what you’re doing every hour.”
The patterns still hold true. As president and CEO of Marketcircle, a software company specializing in CRM solutions, I’ve watched the
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