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Your streak is impressive. I have a question - Do you ever suffer from FOMO [1] while investing yourself in writing code everyday? Of course, I know, programmin

Your streak is impressive. I have a question - Do you ever suffer from FOMO [1] while investing yourself in writing code everyday? Of course, I know, programming is fun but does it turn into anxiety when you see other people's achievements? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out

Manishearth 11y ago
Not really, no. As far as missing out on Real World social interactions and stuff; I make sure I get some sunlight and talk with people :) Living in a hostel I get a lot of that anyway. Plus, between organizing events and going to events of various kinds I don't miss out on much. As far as missing out on programmery things go; I don't mind. Part of this is because programming has been a hobby for most of my life and only recently did I start treating it as a viable career option. (I had thought of it as a "backup plan" in the past but didn't do much to maintain that). I'm not doing as many large contribs as I was doing last summer or this winter. And yes, that can get to me at times. I have this huge queue of things that I've planned to work on, and sometimes someone else picks it up. It's initially saddening, but then I'm happy because someone else wants to work on something I thought up, and if they hadn't, it would never have been done in the first place! In open source you're generally surrounded by awesome people so I'm used to it; I don't really have anxiety issues due to that.
- shubhamjain 11y ago
  Awesome! That was quite inspiring - you managed to travel, contribute, write and go to events while still keeping up with all of your coursework. :) I often complained about lack of time for crossing-out things from my to-do list but it is my late realization that, one can be as productive as he wants and time is not really as big as constraint as it feels.

Manishearth 11y ago

Not really, no. As far as missing out on Real World social interactions and stuff; I make sure I get some sunlight and talk with people :) Living in a hostel I get a lot of that anyway. Plus, between organizing events and going to events of various kinds I don't miss out on much. As far as missing out on programmery things go; I don't mind. Part of this is because programming has been a hobby for most of my life and only recently did I start treating it as a viable career option. (I had thought of it as a "backup plan" in the past but didn't do much to maintain that). I'm not doing as many large contribs as I was doing last summer or this winter. And yes, that can get to me at times. I have this huge queue of things that I've planned to work on, and sometimes someone else picks it up. It's initially saddening, but then I'm happy because someone else wants to work on something I thought up, and if they hadn't, it would never have been done in the first place! In open source you're generally surrounded by awesome people so I'm used to it; I don't really have anxiety issues due to that.

shubhamjain 11y ago
Awesome! That was quite inspiring - you managed to travel, contribute, write and go to events while still keeping up with all of your coursework. :) I often complained about lack of time for crossing-out things from my to-do list but it is my late realization that, one can be as productive as he wants and time is not really as big as constraint as it feels.