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By his own admission he basically did nothing but coding all day long for most of his life, to the point where if he took a long vacation he'd be worried about
by rjh29 5y ago
By his own admission he basically did nothing but coding all day long for most of his life, to the point where if he took a long vacation he'd be worried about getting rusty. For SerenityOS he basically holed up in a cabin for 6 months coding. At dayjob it was "60-80 hours a week", not forced but because he wanted to do it.
That kind of sustained and focused work compounds over time and you just get better and better I guess. Reading stories like his makes me think I'm probably in the wrong industry because I don't enjoy coding that much and definitely have a ton of other things I'd rather do.
- smt88 5y agoI don't think someone who enjoys coding that much is neurotypical, and I think you can be both neurotypical and a great programmer.
- eternityforest 5y agoI don't think there's anything at all wrong with only coding 40 hours a week or less. SerenityOS is an amazing accomplishment but it's just a hobby project without massive resources like major projects have. Most real world apps have tons of devs that don't do 60 hours, the modern dev process just doesn't need it, unless you're doing large things entirely done by small teams.
- tharne 5y ago> Reading stories like his makes me think I'm probably in the wrong industry because I don't enjoy coding that much and definitely have a ton of other things I'd rather do. You're fine. Comparing yourself to Andreas Kling vis-a-vis coding is like saying you're going to stop playing the guitar because you're not Jimi Hendrix. Andreas Kling, while impressive and inspiring, is not normal. Most people, myself included, don't want to do any one thing for 80+ hours a week. That's okay. If you enjoy working as programmer, just keep on trukin' and don't worry about what others are doing.
- rjh29 5y agoThanks, that is a good analogy and definitely helped me!