>How does one acquire the "iron will" mindset you talked about? First of all, you need to be comfortable using source control to the point where you can kill a

>How does one acquire the "iron will" mindset you talked about? First of all, you need to be comfortable using source control to the point where you can kill a bunch of code then find it and merge it back in months and hundreds of revisions later. Experience and education will give you the ability to recognize when you have bloat. You may need lots of bad experiences and a memory long enough to remember the pain of dealing with bloat and cruft. The will power portion is what makes you do the right thing when you do recognize it, if you have a strong will you won't need to learn the hard way repeatedly. Coffee helps with this, if you feel yourself slacking, drink more coffee drink stronger coffee. If you still can't do it, look into getting an ADHD perscription (i've got one).