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Article is focused on the academic world so doesn't talk about interruptions, meetings, and quiet time.

If you work in an open-plan office the 10 hours you do at night, at home, and on the wkend can be the most productive.

I've had months where I put out more real fires on a kayak, on vacation, than at my desk; people bother you when you're at a desk but they can't get to you on the water.



All these things happen in academia. Nowadays, many people regularly work from home for the quiet (I do 1 day a week from home).


Academia isn't exempt from those things. A professor (PI) is as much a manager as anything.




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