I stumbled onto Paul Graham’s book Hackers and Painters. It is a series of essays regarding software development, startup life, and spam filters. Reading that book led me to Paul’s other writings and, more specifically, his blog. One of the posts that I remember clearly and think about often is titled Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule.
In this essay, Paul contrasts the high-level schedules that power many makers (programmers) and managers. Makers tend to find their maximum productivity within lon