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Writing code is more fun than reading. Trying to solve problems is more fun than researching previous problems. It takes a special kind of discipline to get to
by hiAndrewQuinn 2y ago
Writing code is more fun than reading. Trying to solve problems is more fun than researching previous problems. It takes a special kind of discipline to get to the point where your first instinct is "Let me book out a few days and survey the literature" instead of "Let me use all of my IQ points to try to implement an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of $ANYTHING".
- cladopa 2y agoI never had this impression. For me reading papers is way more fun and easier than developing a new solution in code and painstakingly work over all the bugs until they are gone, or worse, find bugs that you don't have solutions for. Or finding that it is too slow for your target machines. Creating something new is so much work. Like skying it could be fun when you are not a professional and you do it on your terms, but once you are a professional it is something different.
- hiAndrewQuinn 2y agoIn truth, I'm much more this way myself than the median dev. Unfortunately it's not the greatest strategy for climbing the ranks and getting yourself to a top paying senior engineering gig to be a talented bug-fixer, and never a talented full program creator (or wheel-reinventor).