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That happened as I was assigned harder things, and couldn't fit the whole thing in my head right away anymore. It also happened once when I was afraid I couldn

That happened as I was assigned harder things, and couldn't fit the whole thing in my head right away anymore. It also happened once when I was afraid I couldn't measure up and any effort I made would get rejected. For the former, I solved it by making something kinda like what I was assigned to make, just to get something in the text editor, then change that to the needed product. For the latter, building confidence with other activities like piano or lifting weights helped a bunch. Maybe a good vacation is in order either way? Here's hoping whatever's blocking you clears up.

markbg 7y ago
That sounds like an issue a close friend of mine has and he refers to it as a blank page problem. He can modify existing projects but has issues starting a new one. And the approach you suggested works for him - he starts with a very rough and broken poc and then fixes it bit by bit. I believe my problem is different. Once everything is figured out I lose interest. So if there problem requires a lot of thinking and investigation where you end up changing few lines of code, I love it. But if I see a ticket, the solutions is obvious to me and the rest of the time has to be spent coding, it just feels boring.
- thebrainscanner 7y ago
  > But if I see a ticket, the solutions is obvious to me and the rest of the time has to be spent coding, it just feels boring. I only have ~3 years of experience and I feel the same as well. Certain colleagues and I meet, discuss some possible small side projects, and after selecting one I usually participate in the planning and outlining or the algorithmic issues, boiler plate part is given off to a junior if interested enough to work on same.