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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by kgf1980 on Sunday April 21, 2024 @12:41PM (#40107120)
I think for me it’s not having a time pressure - if it takes me 2 weeks spending 2 hours a day to implement something there’s no issue when it’s just projects for myself (I’ve basically written a PWA for tracking my pay, hours, rest time etc which I use every day, and implement a new feature I decide would be useful when it comes up, so kind of the ultimate dog-fooding)
Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by ipaddr on Sunday April 21, 2024 @03:18PM (#40108386)
I' m the opposite. I put myself under 2 week sprints at home. Imagine someone is working on the same idea and put pressure on myself to get done and release.

At work I hold things an extra day or more so I have something easy to say at the standup. Stands ups at work force this slow pace because it sounds better and is easier for others to follow.