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Nicely put. Yes, programming is part art and we are not like machines that can work no matter in what state we are. But often we mask our procrastination/lazine
by sateesh 13y ago
Nicely put. Yes, programming is part art and we are not like machines that can work no matter in what state we are. But often we mask our procrastination/laziness blaming it on lot many things and waiting for a right moment to magically arrive get the work done.
I am reading 'Dune' now and I found this advice from Halleck to Paul so relevant :
'I guess I'm not in the mood for it today' Paul said.
'Mood ? Halleck's voice betrayed his outrage even through the shield's filtering.
'What has mood to do with it? You fight when the need
arises - no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or
making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting'
-- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Mithaldu 13y agoWhile this applies to many things people do, i don't think it applies to programming. Programming is a continuous activity of concentration done over the course of 8 hours, 5 days a week, roughly 45 weeks a year. Meanwhile fighting of many kinds is something that happens in short bursts of extreme focus and excertion. In fact, programmers have to "fight" too, and it is highly different from their daily work: It is when the software is burning cash and they have to find the problem and implement a fix right now. Most programmers find that they deal with that extremely well, though it usually happens at the cost of the rest of the day.