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time to code (lemmy.ml)

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[-] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 90 points 2 years ago

The one bug programmers cannot patch: procrastination.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 74 points 2 years ago

My hyper focus makes me a good programmer. Unfortunately I only activate it every couple days. With their powers combined… I’m worth keeping employed. 👍🏻

[-] gsfraley@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

Oh god, I feel this in my soul. I feel so fortunate that most people only see the running average of my work output and not a live feed of what I'm actually spending my time doing.

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

A good dev leader should know how adhd and autistic people work.

[-] gsfraley@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Luckily my boss does, bless him. If I ever leave the company, his attitude is one of the things I'll miss the most.

[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 10 points 2 years ago

Big same.

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I'm not a dev, but I'm on the infrastructure side of the house, and this is me to a T

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

If it works right?

That's what I always say.

[-] xintrik@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

The problem is definitely when I'm not working.

[-] erev@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago

Coding is best done late at night when you wish you were asleep but there's that one bug...

[-] Merwyn@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

I think it's more related to the fact that it's when there is no distractions at all. At least for me that's probably the reason. No colleagues asking dumb questions, no pointless meeting, nearly no notification whatsoever.

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Yup, things are nice and quiet when everyone's asleep.

I'm really lucky that I work from home, my jobs timezone is 2h behind me, and my wife leaves for work at 10am when my work day is starting.

[-] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Are we the same person? If I haven't figured out that one bug, it's going to haunt me.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

I work 9a-5p and I do my best work after 11pm.

[-] zzx@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one

[-] Konlanx@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For me it's 7am-3:30pm and I do all my work between 7am and the daily at 9:30am. After that it's just meetings and bullshitting on the internet. Everyone is satisfied with my work.

[-] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 38 points 2 years ago

marks 8 on timecard

[-] hunter2@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

I don't drink coffee. You can imagine my day.

[-] corbin@infosec.pub 8 points 2 years ago

This is actually about Daylight Savings Time

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Why is it this way?

[-] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

ADHD

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

Oh no

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Welcome to the club, pal

[+] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

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[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago

I often wonder about this. Does capitalism impose so much emotional freight that it makes coding intimidating? Does having it attached to ideas about working hard and getting a job drain the fun out of it?

I'm beginning to think that I would actually get more coding done if I abandoned it as a career path.

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Makes sense. When I was starting up, you couldn't keep me from it. I just hacked for the joy of making things and seeing what would happen. But now it's all tied up in work, performance, marketability, ROI, etc.

Even when I think about doing some hobby video game dev, there's a voice at the back of my head telling me it would be more profitable to brush up on OpenTofu or whatever.

[-] seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

Whenever I meet another web dev, they either have a job as a web dev, they're looking for a job as a web dev, or they're trying to create a startup. There are no hobbyists.

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I actually know one web dev (experienced, front-end) who has two kids and is transitioning to driving truck after getting laid off earlier in the year.

He's got his straight-body license, and is working up to tractor-trailer. He just fixes things under the table and drives around, plows snow, etc. I've never seen him happier.

One of us got out 😌 he's free now

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I was happy running my own successful website - did full stack, had a visual designer but I did everything technical from maintaining the webserver to the database to all the html, css, sql, python, PHP and JavaScript… but in retrospect it was a ridiculous amount of work for what I got paid, compared to what most people make for a tech job. I got burnt out and went back to an art career, but that wasn't very profitable or easy. At this point I wish I maintained my tech skills but fuck, being an electrician or something would probably be way more lucrative and not more difficult.

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

no that can't be right it's probably a personal failing that I should internalise and maybe spend money on /s

[-] FawkesGil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Jokes on you but I get my best ideas at night

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

I just wish I got them during the day, when I'm getting paid

[-] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Make it an Irish coffee and you'll get there faster. My sweet spot was ~3 beers in an hour and I could suddenly code better (and it wasn't the alcohol talking).

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago

Relevant xkcd

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

There's something similar with cannabis as well. Just a buzz and I'm a laser, even slightly more and suddenly I can't remember the process I was working on.

[-] Toribor@corndog.social 1 points 2 years ago

It's like looking through a telescope. Everything within the lens is clear and detailed, but anything on the periphery might as well not exist. Very useful state of mind for certain coding tasks.