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This happens to everybody. I think I've commented on it here before: a lot of nascent entrepreneurs here appear to be working under the delusion that they'll redline at their peak productivity levels throughout the lifetime of their startup. Here's what you need to remember: the difference between a professional and an amateur is that a professional comes and in and delivers work they'll stand behind all the time, wh…
That being said, that was due to my not feeling appreciated and feeling that I was being taken advantage of.
We all go through slumps. We're writers. Neil Gaiman just blogged about how he had to slog through parts of books and he would regularly call his agent and try to cancel the book so he could work on something else. He's not alone. We all do it.
You think Gaiman would blaze through a novel about the mating cycle of the South American Gazebo? Hell no! Well maybe he would, I can't really say.
Anyways... In the first example, I tried to make it right. I spoke with my boss and my boss' boss to try and fix the situation. While mine did not end well, you first need to communicate with your boss. The squeaky wheel gets the oil.
The second thing is to keep on plugging. So long as you're making progress it'll get done. It may suck and may not be your best code but it has to get done, it is your job.
Be strong my friend, you're not alone as this thread has shown you.
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The key to a successful seppuku is to have your trusted friend practice beforehand to make sure he really can behead you in one swing. This is one situation where being a hacker is not recommended.
Sorry for being naive and offtopic. What does successful seppuku mean? I had to do a search for this word when I read the post and didnt quite get what a moral suicide means.
Seppuku!
Seppuku!
Seppuku!
Get it on video and sell it for $9.95
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I have this problem every so often; you're not alone. A few weeks ago I don't think I did any meaningful work for an entire week straight. I just screwed around each day, telling myself that the next day would be "super hardcore work day" and every following day would have to follow suit. I eventually snapped out of it, but it took that whole week of just recharging my batteries to get back into it. I even managed to…
I have this problem every so often; you're not alone. A few weeks ago I don't think I did any meaningful work for an entire week straight. I just screwed around each day, telling myself that the next day would be "super hardcore work day" and every following day would have to follow suit. I also have this problem. It seems like every once in a while, I get stuck in this weird anti-productivity loop. I know I should b…
It's from weight training. I just heard of it a couple of days ago, but it's eerily similar. Also, plain common sense (but I needed to hear it). http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/79fu6/7_ways_to...
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Sorry for being naive and offtopic. What does successful seppuku mean? I had to do a search for this word when I read the post and didnt quite get what a moral suicide means.
I would assume it means not just leaving yourself wounded and slowly bleeding to death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about this ritual >.>
Sounds like a terrible case of humanity. There is no cure. I'm sorry.
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The key to a successful seppuku is to have your trusted friend practice beforehand to make sure he really can behead you in one swing. This is one situation where being a hacker is not recommended.
Sorry for being naive and offtopic. What does successful seppuku mean? I had to do a search for this word when I read the post and didnt quite get what a moral suicide means.
Apparently, a knife to the gut, then slicing across is very painful. To end the pain, there's someone else that beheads you after you do that. Imagine if that person didn't make a clean cut, and went into your shoulder instead. Now, not only are you suffering a slow and painful death, you have blades sticking out of you.
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/productivity
I remember pg saying that if he had uninteresting programming work, he would try to make it interesting by making a language design problem.
My dad's brother told him once that "Everything's interesting when you look hard enough." I've found that to be true so far.
But even if you find your work interesting at large, I think everyone has their cycles. It helps to notice how you got out of the last one, and what you did to get out of it. Even the coolest job and most interesting work has its lame parts that you have to slosh through.
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I have this problem every so often; you're not alone. A few weeks ago I don't think I did any meaningful work for an entire week straight. I just screwed around each day, telling myself that the next day would be "super hardcore work day" and every following day would have to follow suit. I also have this problem. It seems like every once in a while, I get stuck in this weird anti-productivity loop. I know I should b…
Sounds exactly like "intensity cycling". You work hard, progressively improving, til you stop getting gains. Then you take a week off where you do virtually no work, to recover. Then, you start again at 70% of your previous peak, and work up again. It's from weight training. I just heard of it a couple of days ago, but it's eerily similar. Also, plain common sense (but I needed to hear it). http://www.reddit.com/r/pr…
Thanks for the tips, kaens. I will certainly keep them in mind in the future.