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The edge is getting so jazzed about what you do, you just spent 24 hours straight working on a project and you thought it was a couple hours. I always lose int
by georgieporgie 15y ago
The edge is getting so jazzed about what you do, you just spent 24 hours straight working on a project and you thought it was a couple hours.
I always lose interest when I read something like that. The last time I experienced this flow state was in college (or just after), when I was still coding entirely within a domain that I knew. Once I got into the real world, things got hard, domains changed with every assignment, and flow state became impossible.
- forensic 15y agoTrue and a bit tragic. I think a lot of nerds grow up, and get careers in technology, hoping they can spend their lives in that flow state. But it's just almost never practical. Probably one of the only ways to do it now is open-source stuff, or by becoming an extreme specialist and working in a big corporation that shields you and accommodates you. In both cases you're probably taking a pay cut.
- wladimir 15y agoThe pay cut isn't that much of a problem, compared to many other jobs being a software engineer is lucrative in any case. I've found that you can train yourself to get 'into that flow state' even with things that sometimes get a little bit less interesting. It does take a lot of willpower and self-convincing that it's worth it.