Doing (starting and finishing) six discreet tasks in an hour is not too difficul... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		eCa on Feb 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dear Boss: For a programmer, 10 minutes = 3 hours Doing (starting and finishing) six discreet tasks in an hour is not too difficult. Obviously those tasks are not very taxing. What is hard if you have one four hour task, and one task that requires your attention every fifteenth minute. It completely ruins the four hour task.

Drbble on Feb 4, 2012 [–]

The hardest part is making sure no one finds out about all them, and that information doesn't leak between those discreet tasks. Indiscretions are killer.

eCa on Feb 4, 2012 | [–]

Sorry. It was late. I obviously meant discrete, even though I didn't know about that difference (in my native language "discreet" has both meanings).

So thank you.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact