It probably matters how you program. If you spend more time doing research, then you are not so much in danger of wasting time with hacking away at stuff in the

It probably matters how you program. If you spend more time doing research, then you are not so much in danger of wasting time with hacking away at stuff in the hope that enduring trial and error will solve the problem. I try not to spend that much time actually coding stuff and probably spend more time working stuff out on paper and talking to people before using a computer.