# Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule

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Paul Graham contrasts calendars organised around meetings with the long uninterrupted blocks needed for making things. The essay explains why a small appointment can impose a disproportionate cost on a programmer or writer. Useful for managers arranging collaboration, independent makers protecting focused time and teams trying to explain recurring friction between meeting-heavy coordination and sustained creative work.


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