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If it weren't for that stress, I wouldn't be a programmer. It is that variability, and challenge that keeps me coming back and satiates my desire to problem sol
by DarkTree 11y ago
If it weren't for that stress, I wouldn't be a programmer. It is that variability, and challenge that keeps me coming back and satiates my desire to problem solve. But I understand, in the moment, it is hard to step back and see programming this way.
The only thing I do when feeling stressed, is to physically step back. I walk away from the computer, go on on a run, or get some sleep.
It is often within this absence that the solution to my programming problem emerges.
- grover_hartmann 11y agoI understand, but combine stress with pressure from your employer, deadlines and such. And then you get real stress. That's what I'm referring to, how do you deal with that? I'm not saying I don't enjoy challenges of solving real problems with programming, I do enjoy them.
- mayoff 11y agoWhy do you think you need to deal with it any differently as a programmer than you would in any other office/desk job?
- grover_hartmann 11y agoI don't need to deal with it. I asked how most of you deal with it.
- macjohnmcc 11y agoI agree with this. I like solving problems. Not just typing in line after line of code solving problems I've solved a thousand times before.