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I think you both had my point. High functioning tech types usually can multitask and hold whole multiple threads and jump between them as needed.
When I see that in "junior" team members, I try to talk to them, gently, to realize that they are on the spectrum of ADD-ADHD-Asperger's syndrome-Autism spectrum. I consider the disorders to be all related. The people I mention this to are all high functioning, very smart, individuals. But if you observe them over a period of time you detect the symptoms.
I gently recommend that they look into an organizational system such as Franklin-Covey. If I had been introduced to something like that earlier, I might be farther ahead.
Jim P. at November 21, 2011 9:20 PM
Jim...
...when did being capable of more than one thing at a time start being considered a disease?
What's next? A desire to work for living?
"Man, once upon a time, I was motivated. Now, with my free treatment with Scruitol™, my days pass without worries."
Radwaste at November 22, 2011 12:37 PM
The issue is doing appropriate work things at the same time.
Such as I'm running 2-3 three upgrades concurrently and surfing at the same time. That's different than I should be doing a data fix for a customer and doing a single upgrade at the same time. So then I skip the data fix -- do the upgrade and surf.
In the Franklin Covey world the surfing is an area 4 choice.
Jim P. at November 22, 2011 7:42 PM
"Appropriate"? Watching more than 1 progress bar at a time is a problem?
I'd make the distinction at the point you don't get the important stuff done.
Commercial pilots, for instance are both highly motivated and organized - because the ground is hard, yeah, but because that's what's necessary to get the plane somewhere. But charting fuel burn or whatever while taking diversion instructions and reprogramming the flight manager can hardly be called symptomatic of a disease.
Radwaste at November 27, 2011 4:16 PM
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