I prefer first thinking to immediately doing something. Especially in programming one can easily create an even bigger mess by picking a wrong direction. I tend

I prefer first thinking to immediately doing something. Especially in programming one can easily create an even bigger mess by picking a wrong direction. I tend to think about what the steps were that got me to the place where I got stuck and whether these make sense then I think about different solutions and then pick one. Also, I cannot think deeply with other people in the room. I have to find a room where I can be alone. If I want to think when at home I go lie on the bed with a stack of blank paper and a pen and sketch some diagrams and that kind of stuff.