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This just feels like the classic “maker vs manager schedule”, except viewed from only one side.

Most larger orgs run on a mixture of those depending on role and where they interact you get friction

If you force the one on the other in either direction that person gets nothing done. Which is functionally what this article attempts - solves writers problem (“do it my way”) but ignores the consequences for others.



Obviously which one makes sense depends on the role, but does anyone else prefer the "manager" schedule even if you're not a manager? I prefer jobs where there is a mix of responding to tickets, meetings, and small tasks rather than long blocks of working on the same thing for hours, but it seems like almost everyone who writes these kind of posts prefers the "maker" schedule.




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