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I feel the same way when solving tasks in my day job. The thing I tell to young people learning programming/tech that I hope they don't get frustrated easily, b

I feel the same way when solving tasks in my day job. The thing I tell to young people learning programming/tech that I hope they don't get frustrated easily, because they will spend every day of their life feeling rather stupid and confused, never knowing when will they discover a solution for a particular problem. This is something that was a great source of stress early in my career.

Swizec 10y ago
It's a game of educated guessing. Experience helps.
- friendly_chap 10y ago
  Indeed, but the more experienced I get the harder/bigger problems I work on, so that balances it out. I still feel rather stuck on a daily basis, but I accept the situation and try to deal with it with a calm focus.
minipci1321 10y ago
I always thought that in the end, one has got to like facing these hard problems every day on the job in order to thrive in this field (I am in tech too). This is something I try to detect in candidates in job interviews I conduct. I noticed people can be roughly split in two categories: -- ones who spend a couple of years dealing with this sort of job activities, then want out by any means, on to something different; -- others enjoy it more and more as they gain expertise, start having more and more fun -- get more expertise, and with results (which necessarily come up), the right to pick and choose the subjects and so the hard problems that come with them. I happen to belong to the second category (and it has been a while I stay in the same domain), and I don't believe someone in that category would feel stupid and confused. it rather feels like investigation every time. Though over the years, I've become wary of the stress always associated with being put on such issues -- a last-minute demo for a trade show that doesn't work, a customer who has escalated to upper management, a delivery which is hopelessly late... -- with all attention of the management attracted. I keep telling myself that a soldier has got to participate in war campaigns, not be doing paperwork at the headquarters, and literally force myself in last years. But I don't recall I have ever felt stupid or confused, even in the beginning of the career.

Swizec 10y ago

It's a game of educated guessing. Experience helps.

friendly_chap 10y ago
Indeed, but the more experienced I get the harder/bigger problems I work on, so that balances it out. I still feel rather stuck on a daily basis, but I accept the situation and try to deal with it with a calm focus.

minipci1321 10y ago

I always thought that in the end, one has got to like facing these hard problems every day on the job in order to thrive in this field (I am in tech too). This is something I try to detect in candidates in job interviews I conduct. I noticed people can be roughly split in two categories: -- ones who spend a couple of years dealing with this sort of job activities, then want out by any means, on to something different; -- others enjoy it more and more as they gain expertise, start having more and more fun -- get more expertise, and with results (which necessarily come up), the right to pick and choose the subjects and so the hard problems that come with them. I happen to belong to the second category (and it has been a while I stay in the same domain), and I don't believe someone in that category would feel stupid and confused. it rather feels like investigation every time. Though over the years, I've become wary of the stress always associated with being put on such issues -- a last-minute demo for a trade show that doesn't work, a customer who has escalated to upper management, a delivery which is hopelessly late... -- with all attention of the management attracted. I keep telling myself that a soldier has got to participate in war campaigns, not be doing paperwork at the headquarters, and literally force myself in last years. But I don't recall I have ever felt stupid or confused, even in the beginning of the career.