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Much of software engineering (and probably other white collar work) is subconscious thought that is invisibly churning in your brain. It's very difficult, if no
by a3voices 11y ago
Much of software engineering (and probably other white collar work) is subconscious thought that is invisibly churning in your brain. It's very difficult, if not impossible, to speed it up. So working more hours isn't helpful because a lot of the delay is waiting for your subconscious.
- daxfohl 11y agohttps://twitter.com/codequalified/status/627113899754717184 https://twitter.com/codequalified/status/627113899754717184
- jschwartzi 11y agoYou're right. Sadly most of us do not work software development jobs. We work in typing factories. The difference is that a software development job is about finishing the program on deadline. Instead we're expected to be present so that we can be typing in some kind of editor most of the time, to remind the rest of the product team that software work is happening as they speak. The engineering manager can ask us to be present for more time, but I can't bring myself to physically think for more than 6 hours at a stretch, so it leads to the first and last 2 hours of the day basically being wasted time. I'd be more enthusiastic about it if we were solving interesting problems or learning new tools, but I'm basically grinding away at the exact same problems I was solving a year ago, so there's nothing interesting about the work. It's just a typing factory.
- IndianAstronaut 11y agoI get most of my ideas when I take breaks.