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Joel on how to get things done when you’re only a grunt.
Translated, this means “nobody’s going to look after your sanity but
you, and there are things you can do to create a little bubble of
productivity around yourself.” Here’s a great tip I learned at a previous job:

Come into work late and leave late. Those hours after the rest of the
company goes home can be the most productive. Or, if you’re on a team of
developers who regularly come in late, get into work at 9 am. You’ll do
more work in the two hours before other people come in and start
bothering you than you do in the rest of the day.