Engineering productivity research (Stanford): ~9.5% of SWEs doing nothing

I’ve worked with people who I wish were in this category.

It doesn't matter what field you are in, plenty of people have this as their ultimate objective.

It's the only thing that ever motivated them to be productive in the past.

I had an interviewee say this was his career goal. We did not extend an offer.

In other news, scientists find out that one of your kidneys does no work, because you can lose a kidney and still lead a normal, healthy life.