Surprisingly, many developers still felt productive despite the high number of context switches. The follow-up interviews with the developers revealed that the cost of context switches varies. The cost or “harm” of a context switch depends on several factors: the duration of the switch, the reason for the switch, and the focus on the current task that is interrupted. A short switch from the IDE to respond to a Slack message is usually less costly than being interrupted from a task by a co-worker and discussing a topic unrelated to the main task for half an hour. Also, short context switches,
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