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Open Office Is Giving You Secondhand ADHD

created: Aug. 16, 2025, 11:34 a.m. | updated: Aug. 16, 2025, 1:59 p.m.

Your Open Office is Giving You Secondhand ADHDI tracked my coding patterns for a month. Work Type Distribution: Office vs Home 49% of office time spent “exploring” (re-reading the same code)At first I thought maybe I just had a bad week at the office. So the next week, I deliberately moved my complex feature work to office days to test it. Look at my actual data:Average Uninterrupted Focus Time (minutes) Office interruptions happen before recovery is possibleThe Numbers Don't Lie Average uninterrupted coding time at home: 87 minutesAverage uninterrupted coding time in office: 11 minutes I never get 23 minutes to recover. Could we trial having my feature work on remote days and collaboration on office days?

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