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It's about whether you can manage your time properly - I thrive in a "digital nomad"-style work. I programmed on the beach in Barcelona via their free Wi-Fi, o

by bitL 11y ago

It's about whether you can manage your time properly - I thrive in a "digital nomad"-style work. I programmed on the beach in Barcelona via their free Wi-Fi, overlooked Pu'uhonua o Honaunau while writing some advanced math/programming stuff, had a blast jumping off bungy, rafting and MTB downhill in New Zealand between the session of writing world-class code many people use now etc. It's all about whether you can focus. Learn to focus 100% on what you need to do, leave your brain rested by doing crazy inspiring things on a side and you'll manage digital nomad lifestyle and your output will be far higher than sitting in an office, especially open one. I noticed when I focus for 3-4 hours on some tough problem, then interrupt and do something completely unrelated or sleep, I get surprisingly many ideas quickly leading me to a solution. If I just sit in front of a monitor, it might take a week to solve the same. Weird, but works for me.

hluska 11y ago
> I noticed when I focus for 3-4 hours on some tough problem, then interrupt and do something completely unrelated or sleep, I get surprisingly many ideas quickly leading me to a solution. If I just sit in front of a monitor, it might take a week to solve the same. Weird, but works for me. Oddly, I have almost this exact same experience. If I work on a tough problem for 3 or 4 solid hours and then either do something completely different or go to sleep, I usually come back with at least three or four plausible solutions. There's a 50% chance that we're both weird and a 50% chance that you're onto something....:)
- snuxoll 11y ago
  Anecdotes are fun, but I have the same experience. One of the benefits of working from home is I can go play with my daughter for 10 minutes when I'm stuck spinning my wheels, afterward I usually have the solution I've spent 2 or more hours trying to come up with.
vram22 11y ago
Cool lifestyle. Done some of that kind myself. >I noticed when I focus for 3-4 hours on some tough problem, then interrupt and do something completely unrelated or sleep, I get surprisingly many ideas quickly leading me to a solution. If I just sit in front of a monitor, it might take a week to solve the same. Weird, but works for me. I don't think it's weird. There are many anecdotes of that sort of thing being helpful with work, particularly mental work involving problem-solving. E.g. >"and do something completely unrelated or sleep" The German chemist Kekulé discovering the structure of benzene in a dream - read about it in school chemistry class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Kekul%C3%A9#The_ouroboros_dream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Kekul%C3%A9#The_ourobor...

by bitL 11y ago

hluska 11y ago

> I noticed when I focus for 3-4 hours on some tough problem, then interrupt and do something completely unrelated or sleep, I get surprisingly many ideas quickly leading me to a solution. If I just sit in front of a monitor, it might take a week to solve the same. Weird, but works for me. Oddly, I have almost this exact same experience. If I work on a tough problem for 3 or 4 solid hours and then either do something completely different or go to sleep, I usually come back with at least three or four plausible solutions. There's a 50% chance that we're both weird and a 50% chance that you're onto something....:)

snuxoll 11y ago
Anecdotes are fun, but I have the same experience. One of the benefits of working from home is I can go play with my daughter for 10 minutes when I'm stuck spinning my wheels, afterward I usually have the solution I've spent 2 or more hours trying to come up with.

vram22 11y ago

Cool lifestyle. Done some of that kind myself. >I noticed when I focus for 3-4 hours on some tough problem, then interrupt and do something completely unrelated or sleep, I get surprisingly many ideas quickly leading me to a solution. If I just sit in front of a monitor, it might take a week to solve the same. Weird, but works for me. I don't think it's weird. There are many anecdotes of that sort of thing being helpful with work, particularly mental work involving problem-solving. E.g. >"and do something completely unrelated or sleep" The German chemist Kekulé discovering the structure of benzene in a dream - read about it in school chemistry class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Kekul%C3%A9#The_ouroboros_dream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Kekul%C3%A9#The_ourobor...