Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an...
by vidarh on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:46AM
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Depends on personality too, I guess.
I finish projects when they're for work. Or at least, I stay focused.
My own hobby projects are more fulfilling to me, but I often put them aside for long periods - sometimes years - because I don't need to finish them to get pleasure out of
doing them, and it's much harder to stay motivated to finish
the often very boring parts when I don't have to.
But it feels good to finish things up too. I can push myself to do that for side projects,
but the time and energy it takes to get me motivated to do that when I don't have the
external pressure to motivate me is much harder.
If I "retire" I'll probably have to do a startup again to have some of that pressure...
I finish projects when they're for work. Or at least, I stay focused.
My own hobby projects are more fulfilling to me, but I often put them aside for long periods - sometimes years - because I don't need to finish them to get pleasure out of doing them, and it's much harder to stay motivated to finish the often very boring parts when I don't have to.
But it feels good to finish things up too. I can push myself to do that for side projects, but the time and energy it takes to get me motivated to do that when I don't have the external pressure to motivate me is much harder.
If I "retire" I'll probably have to do a startup again to have some of that pressure...