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Programming: Teaching myself Lisp and Emacs, dropping Agile methodologies, ditching OOP for functional, writing my code as if I'm replaceable and the next guy needs to pick up where I left without any trouble. The last point actually gives me more value in the eyes of my employer!
Life: moving to London. Programming: quitting permie jobs and going for a contract in London.
Having just quit my job for a contractor role in London, I am so glad to see this here.
Programming: Common Lisp. And... not being overzealous about it.
Programming: Programmed what I wanted.
Life: leaving the academic world and doing things that actually affect / matter to people. Programming: writing an Atari ST emulator (it landed me a job offer by a prestigious game company)
Starting to learn about art (aka going to Museums, art galleries, reading art books). It soothes my soul. By far the most intellectual challenging activity I've ever done.
Programming: Same; in this respect, that's ignoring common wisdom about OO and TDD. These things have value, but not of the type (and not really the magnitude) that they are assumed to have. It's much more mainstream now, but 10 years ago, I was considered a crazy heretic.
Also for Life: Learning how to Learn. (Currently putting this to the test: http://christopherbiscardi.github.com/blog//coursera/2012/11...)
Programming: Lisp.