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Your productivity is only as good as what you decide to work on. This is an excellent point! "Finally, to repeat one more time: productivity in the wrong dire

Your productivity is only as good as what you decide to work on. This is an excellent point! "Finally, to repeat one more time: productivity in the wrong direction isn’t worth anything at all. Think more about what to work on."

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bachmeier 8y ago
Unfortunately, very few people have the option to only work on things they enjoy. Even professors get stuck doing things they don't want to do, and that aren't valuable, but there is no choice unless you have at least a few million in the bank.
- deltron3030 8y ago
  Which programmer enjoys typing, or which builder enjoys the physical activity itself? It's about the way to the end result, getting from nothing to something, or not? For the professor it would be the understanding and success of his pupils. The stuff in between nothing and something, especially what you don't like, could be an opportunity if theres nothing in reach that already solves the problem.
  - philwelch 8y ago
    > Which programmer enjoys typing, or which builder enjoys the physical activity itself? That's actually a reason to get better at these things, though--the better your fundamentals are, the less attention you have to pay to them and the more attention you have left over for actually thinking about what you're doing. When I'm coding, typing is the last thing on my mind--I just think code and my muscle memory translates it into keystrokes. And I'm a Vim user.
    - deltron3030 8y ago
      But wouldn't you prefer to just being able to connect your tested UI prototype and data model without having to translate it into code yourself? That's what I'm doing when I code, I translate things that already exists into a different language. I'd rather focus on other things if I could.
      - philwelch 8y ago
        Maybe if you could type faster, the tedious parts of your work won't take as long :)
- wsy 8y ago
  Usually it's a mix. Then you try to spend as little effort as possible on the chores, and focus you energy on the part you enjoy. If you literally don't enjoy what you are doing at all, no productivity optimization can help you.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  One of the reasons to improve productivity - if you really have to do stuff you don't like, do it swift and effectively, so you can quickly get back to more important things.

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bachmeier 8y ago

Unfortunately, very few people have the option to only work on things they enjoy. Even professors get stuck doing things they don't want to do, and that aren't valuable, but there is no choice unless you have at least a few million in the bank.

deltron3030 8y ago
Which programmer enjoys typing, or which builder enjoys the physical activity itself? It's about the way to the end result, getting from nothing to something, or not? For the professor it would be the understanding and success of his pupils. The stuff in between nothing and something, especially what you don't like, could be an opportunity if theres nothing in reach that already solves the problem.
- philwelch 8y ago
  > Which programmer enjoys typing, or which builder enjoys the physical activity itself? That's actually a reason to get better at these things, though--the better your fundamentals are, the less attention you have to pay to them and the more attention you have left over for actually thinking about what you're doing. When I'm coding, typing is the last thing on my mind--I just think code and my muscle memory translates it into keystrokes. And I'm a Vim user.
  - deltron3030 8y ago
    But wouldn't you prefer to just being able to connect your tested UI prototype and data model without having to translate it into code yourself? That's what I'm doing when I code, I translate things that already exists into a different language. I'd rather focus on other things if I could.
    - philwelch 8y ago
      Maybe if you could type faster, the tedious parts of your work won't take as long :)
wsy 8y ago
Usually it's a mix. Then you try to spend as little effort as possible on the chores, and focus you energy on the part you enjoy. If you literally don't enjoy what you are doing at all, no productivity optimization can help you.
TeMPOraL 8y ago
One of the reasons to improve productivity - if you really have to do stuff you don't like, do it swift and effectively, so you can quickly get back to more important things.