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I would like to spend my time more on gaining a mental model of the projects I work on, but I get very demotivated if I start disliking things like the programm
by ramon156 5mo ago
I would like to spend my time more on gaining a mental model of the projects I work on, but I get very demotivated if I start disliking things like the programming language, certain arch. Choices or anything that gets too complex that doesn't seem like its worth my time
It's heavily dependent on the project, but I feel like working as a "fullstack dev" kind of removes the fun of programming. I'm already spending 40 hrs a week looking at the most dull project I can imagine
- HumblyTossed 5mo ago> I would like to spend my time more on gaining a mental model of the projects I work on, but I get very demotivated if I start disliking things like the programming language, certain arch. Choices or anything that gets too complex that doesn't seem like its worth my time Let it go... Not one single project is free of warts. Not a one. And honestly, if the programming language is that big a deal, you're better off jumping ship. We should all be polyglots, but that's up to you.
- ambicapter 5mo agoSounds like you need better emotional regulation.
- munk-a 5mo agoAnalysis paralysis is a danger always - don't aim for perfect, but aim for flexible. Make sure the decisions you're spending the most time on are the most important. A well designed data structure is far more impactful on performance and maintainability than framework, language or platform. Personally, I work alongside ADHD every day so I need to constantly push to make sure that progress is happening which means picking unimportant decisions and resolving them to focus the remaining open problem space on the decisions that require a lot of careful thought.