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> When you are in a distractive environment your brain loses processing power for the actual task. That's something that can be measured. (A simple test is to let people solve math exercises under time pressure in different environments)

No. This (might) measure the impact of an environment on a specific individual solving math exercises under time pressure...nothing more. If you actually have 10 years of dev experience than you should very well know that this isn't what development is!

> But when you have to be focused on only one task you have to be in a non distracting environment.

I'm standing in the rain telling you it's wet outside and you're pointing to a weather report telling me it's sunny. Not every person is built to a factory spec - we're all individuals. I, and apparently other people in this thread like me, do not do our most proficient work in non distracting environments. It's really that simple : )



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