Re:Ask HN: My career has been fixing bugs for years. What now?
by shoo on Saturday February 08, 2014 @09:23AM
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> 6) Don't not program. If you have spare time, literally writing hello world over and over is better than not programming.
I humbly disagree. If you're writing the same thing over and over, your mind is probably stuck in some pointless loop. Why not do something else like going for a jog until you cant think any more?
Re:Ask HN: My career has been fixing bugs for years. What now?
by phazmatis on Sunday February 09, 2014 @05:57PM
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That's actually great advice. Exercise + changing your environment will help get creativity flowing. But that's all outlined in tons of confreaks videos.
I humbly disagree. If you're writing the same thing over and over, your mind is probably stuck in some pointless loop. Why not do something else like going for a jog until you cant think any more?