Here are several, together with the percentage of my productivity which I think they cost me over the last year:
I’ve lost a couple months of productivity over the last year due to some weird health issues—I was really fatigued and couldn’t think properly for several months. This was terrible, but the problem seems to have gone away for now. This had a 25% cost.
I am a worse researcher because I spend half my time doing other things than research. It’s unclear to me how much efficiency this costs me. Potential considerations:
When I don’t feel like doing technical work, I can do other work. This should increase my productivity. But maybe it lets me procrastinate on important work.
I remember less of the context of what I’m working on, because my memory is spaced out.
My nontechnical work often feels like social drama and is really attention-grabbing and distracting.
Overall this costs me maybe 15%; I’m really unsure about this though.
I’d be a better researcher if I were smarter and more knowledgeable. I’m working on the knowledgeableness problem with the help of tutors and by spending some of my time studying. It’s unclear how to figure out how costly this is. If I’d spent a year working as a Haskell programmer in industry, I’d probably be like 15% more effective now.
Here are several, together with the percentage of my productivity which I think they cost me over the last year:
I’ve lost a couple months of productivity over the last year due to some weird health issues—I was really fatigued and couldn’t think properly for several months. This was terrible, but the problem seems to have gone away for now. This had a 25% cost.
I am a worse researcher because I spend half my time doing other things than research. It’s unclear to me how much efficiency this costs me. Potential considerations:
When I don’t feel like doing technical work, I can do other work. This should increase my productivity. But maybe it lets me procrastinate on important work.
I remember less of the context of what I’m working on, because my memory is spaced out.
My nontechnical work often feels like social drama and is really attention-grabbing and distracting.
Overall this costs me maybe 15%; I’m really unsure about this though.
I’d be a better researcher if I were smarter and more knowledgeable. I’m working on the knowledgeableness problem with the help of tutors and by spending some of my time studying. It’s unclear how to figure out how costly this is. If I’d spent a year working as a Haskell programmer in industry, I’d probably be like 15% more effective now.
Thanks! I’m sorry to hear about your health problems, but I’m glad it’s better now :)