Yeah, I had this experience at my last full-time gig; our IT director and the other IT person had no concept of the importance of resting your mind in the middle of the day (along with many other important things).
They would just go on for hours and hours and hours uninterrupted, doing incredibly stupid things. They even closed the blinds because they didn't want to see something outside and get distracted with it (this is how programmers wind up in their building's dungeons and basements, guys).
Guy fought with me a lot because he felt that I shouldn't take breaks as such even between tasks, he said I was being paid "for my highest potential", or something like that, and that taking breaks for 15-30 minutes was unacceptable. I find this ridiculous and crazy.
I also found the guy's post ridiculous and crazy. I now know I will never work for Hashrocket.
They would just go on for hours and hours and hours uninterrupted, doing incredibly stupid things. They even closed the blinds because they didn't want to see something outside and get distracted with it (this is how programmers wind up in their building's dungeons and basements, guys).
Guy fought with me a lot because he felt that I shouldn't take breaks as such even between tasks, he said I was being paid "for my highest potential", or something like that, and that taking breaks for 15-30 minutes was unacceptable. I find this ridiculous and crazy.
I also found the guy's post ridiculous and crazy. I now know I will never work for Hashrocket.