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"Son, there's a reason they call it 'work' and not 'blowjob'." And that quote is both flippant, and exactly correct. --- 1) anxiety, impostor syndrome, uncer
by bonesss 9y ago
"Son, there's a reason they call it 'work' and not 'blowjob'."
And that quote is both flippant, and exactly correct.
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1) anxiety, impostor syndrome, uncertainty, vagueness, complexity, open loops, etc etc all conspire to create some analysis paralysis and the general sensation of everything else being more fun that we all know too well [0].
2) Be honest and figure out exactly what it is that is making your focus fall off
3) Start doing Test Driven Development. It's a decent enough habit in general, but for you specific problem it is golden because it a) forces you to define your problems better up front thereby decreasing your anxiety, and b) contains problems requiring less overall focus to complete your tasks.
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- n4r9 9y agoIt feels like this is about motivation/interest rather than anxiety. Your 2) sounds useful but I doubt TDD would help regain lost interest.
- bonesss 9y agoAnxiety is a broad word: what is causing the continued disruption, what is it that is causing his brain to seek entertainment elsewhere, why is he taking coding breaks? Genuine disinterest articulates itself a little differently, but misplaced anxiety about solutions will come up as break, break, break, breaks to flow. For newer devs TDD is about removing obstacles to flow and clarifying action as much as the design/testing benefits. It won't solve genuine disinterest, but look at this threads title... it doesn't say "I find code boring" it says "I can't persist with coding any more".