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Lack of sleep, have a young child at home ... can't really focus on anything else but documenting own older code or watching lectures right now.
by xyzal 6y ago
Lack of sleep, have a young child at home ... can't really focus on anything else but documenting own older code or watching lectures right now.
- huhtenberg 6y agoBeen through this and in retrospect this was a blessing in disguise. Instead of sitting down and writing a draft code version, then reworking it, then reworking it again, then realizing there's a better way to do/structure the same, discarding it and making a clean version I was forced (by the baby-centric lifestyle) to think it all through in the head first. I would then sit down and emit the final version on the first try. The best part is that it also took noticeably less time than the iterative "hands-on" approach.
- topkai22 6y agoNot quite this, but I think the enforced discipline of parenthood has made me a better worker overall. My ability to procrastinate hasn’t been eliminated, but every moment available to work feels more precious so I’m much better about just jumping in and getting things done. I also have hard stops and self imposed deadlines like I didn’t before, so I’m more efficient in “just getting things done.”