Graduate student in statistics at Duke University. Former dev.to employee. I like to blog about data science on my Medium publication, perplex.city, and on dev.to
I feel like there's a good parallel to be drawn here to the actual algorithmic challenge of scheduling in computer science -- using earliest due date or shortest processing time, etc. Obviously there are "human" measures to consider, like small tasks being motivating as you mention, but I do think a hybrid of "proven" methods and personal preferences might be the best choice.
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I feel like there's a good parallel to be drawn here to the actual algorithmic challenge of scheduling in computer science -- using earliest due date or shortest processing time, etc. Obviously there are "human" measures to consider, like small tasks being motivating as you mention, but I do think a hybrid of "proven" methods and personal preferences might be the best choice.