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Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work

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Post by Breza »

Tcepsa wrote: post #393
anonuser123456 wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would say that for the first 10 years of my programming career I was not competent. The next 5, I was marginally competent. I like this essay on the topic: http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html

Yes, this! I've been doing software development as a job in some form or other for nearly 20 years, and I finally feel like I've really started to get the hang of it over the last couple of years ~wry grin~

I'm the lead data scientist in a corporation and only recently have I realized just how much I don't know. Give me another decade and hopefully I'll have learned most of those things.

Re: Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work

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Post by SixDouble5321 »

wantsanagent wrote: post #40

Congrats! You have found a comfortable job. Also my condolences, you've found a comfortable job. Jobs like these are a warm and cozy trap. If you're spending time reading blogs you may not be spending your time in a way you can look back on with pride. Time is your ultimate limited resource and the one thing you will regret not spending more wisely. Depending on your risk tolerance I recommend: 1. Quit, start a compa…

Or, don't worry so much about retirement and enjoy life starting today. If you enjoy reading, do that. If you enjoy something else, do that. What you shouldn't do is get stressed or feel guilt about having free time.

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Post by Breza »

wantsanagent wrote: post #40

Congrats! You have found a comfortable job. Also my condolences, you've found a comfortable job. Jobs like these are a warm and cozy trap. If you're spending time reading blogs you may not be spending your time in a way you can look back on with pride. Time is your ultimate limited resource and the one thing you will regret not spending more wisely. Depending on your risk tolerance I recommend: 1. Quit, start a compa…

Adding to this, I suggest finding projects that will keep your skills up with current trends. There's a famous Reddit post from a guy who slacked at work and let his skills atrophy.

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Post by borski »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #358
borski wrote: post #312

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That is not true, and it is referenced as a symptom as early as 1993 in Driven to Distraction, the book I brought up earlier.

Driven to Distraction is a self-help book, not medical literature. I was referring to official, medical definitions of ADHD and official diagnostic criteria.

It isn’t medical literature, but it references medical literature and is written by medical professionals. Also, whether it was mentioned in medical literature or not, the point is that the symptom was being talked about as early as 1993.
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