> Some people just are better at changing their doing-hat to the editing- or evaluating-hat in a rapid fashion than others I only recently realised that, for m

> Some people just are better at changing their doing-hat to the editing- or evaluating-hat in a rapid fashion than others I only recently realised that, for me, "dev mode" and "product mode" are entirely distinct. I'd been trying to mush them together in a haphazard way, with haphazard results. In my opinion, this is a really important insight. It's analogous to the De Bono thinking hats, divergent/convergent thinking, etc – distinct phases of cognition that can't happen simultaneously. > If it helps, try to make rituals around the reflection part. Great idea! Is this something you learned in art school? In my experience, every art student seems to incredible at "shipping". I've always been jealous. Way better than most CS or business grads. I guess it's a core part of the degree?