Start In The Middle

Re:Start In The Middle by agentultra on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @09:36AM (#1357403)

My hard-drive is littered with projects where I did tackle the cool bits first. It's how I work. Most of them aren't finished though because I lose interest when I hit the boring bits.

The only way I get through boring code it would seem, is by getting paid to slog through it.

This will likely lead to premature aging and an early grave for me...

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Re:Start In The Middle by bockris on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @10:07AM (#1357472)

I started to write this exact comment this morning and then got distracted. Upvote for you.

Luckily, my current side project has someone offering feedback and is interested in turning into a real product. That is the motivation to handle the boring bits.

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Re:Start In The Middle by arbitraryperson on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @11:09AM (#1357695)

Same here. I was kind of confused as to why anyone would start a project and think, first, "Well, we need a user registration system."

Of course, I also become bored by these little details. So I wouldn't say it's any better, but it is certainly more fun to work on the interesting bits first.

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Re:Start In The Middle by zsouthboy on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @11:33AM (#1357789)

I do exactly the same thing. So many projects I've finished to 80%, because I got the thing I set out to do achieved. That final 20% is documenting, finishing a UI, etc - and I'm not forcing myself to do (in my mind, the difficulty level) trivial, uninteresting things.

Hell, I probably wouldn't want to do those last things for money, either!

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