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My philosophy is if I hate it and it's not worth my time, I pay someone to do it. Thing is, watch a 'professional' work in the field you dread, and you will qu
by keyle 8y ago
My philosophy is if I hate it and it's not worth my time, I pay someone to do it.
Thing is, watch a 'professional' work in the field you dread, and you will quickly pick on tricks of the trade and workflows that really change it to something quite easy (if you find the right person). Then the dreaded task becomes emulating that person, which is a lot easier the subsequent years. (e.g. have spreadsheets set up like them, follow the same steps, etc.)
- AstralStorm 8y agoThat is assuming they themselves do not dread the task. Sometimes even a professional can't do it because the thing is just so big. From coding perspective, there is a point where rewriting is better than refactoring. Then you get to piecemeal attack the rewrite with the same resources allocated to refactoring, which rarely is possible.