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Also, like me, you may have to accept that you are getting older and can't rely quite so much on having that super-sharp working memory to hold an entire codeba
by FearNotDaniel 4y ago
Also, like me, you may have to accept that you are getting older and can't rely quite so much on having that super-sharp working memory to hold an entire codebase in your head and stay focused for hours on end. A lot of my burnout came from putting unreasonable expectations on myself. Once I started taking a lot more notes, drawing a lot more diagrams, and asking a lot more questions I actually found I became more efficient than when I was relying on mental capacity alone. And it became much easier to take breaks and tolerate interruptions.
- hirvi74 4y agoI am starting to realize that if I don't write things down, then they won't stick around. I've procrastinated writing things down because it would take more time and effort than its worth -- If I just think a bit longer and harder, then the solution will come, and I won't have to waste all the time it takes to write everything out. Recently, I have noticed this usually fails, and when I end up writing things down, then I come to the realization that actually writing things down would have saved more time in the first place. It was merely my assumptions, laziness, and arrogance that cost me more time.