Programmers: Stop Whining, Be Productive

I think this completely missed the point of the article, it wasn't that 'makers' were unwilling or unable to work under a managers schedule it was that 'makers' are more productive when they are able to work straight through their problems for long periods of time when they have gotten into a groove.

If say you are in a groove and really starting to understand and solve a problem and then you must take an hour or two hour break to listen to a meeting on productivity you can completely lose focus and have to start thinking anew when you go back to work.

The example given to show that the "manager schedule" works isn't even about programming it is about making a wiki page.

I agee that the argument is somewhat BS (I use the excuses sometimes so I can work on something I would prefer to work on), but that doesn't mean that the "markers scheduler" is worse than the "manager schedule"

EDIT: I seem to have missed the point of Alex's article. The comments provide some clarity