There’s a post by an ex-programmer turned doctor that’s getting a lot of attention. Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle lists four main “health†problems he sees manifesting in geeks:
The doctor practices in an area where he sees lots of technology workers --- people who sit at a computer all day (sound familiar?). That accounts for the headaches and back pain. Modern-day stress probably explains the poor sleep hygiene, but what accounts for a poor attention span? According to the doctor:
I am always amazed at the number of people that mention to me that their attention span is poor. Frequently they will wonder if they have ADD. Sometimes they will even complain about the inability to stay awake during long meetings or stay focuses on non-computer tasks. . . .
. . .The typical geek trains their brain to be heavily focused while multitasking day after day. Is it surprising that this same brain does not do well when forced to isolate down to one task? Listening in a meeting is a very isolated, very passive event. Coding, developing, debugging — these are not passive at all. The geek brain is just not trained to sit quietly and listen.
Yes, but the geek brain *can* be trained to sit quietly in boring meetings. That's part of office life anywhere.
Read the whole thing and scroll through the comments. There’s more on Slashdot.
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