Comments on: Programming is an easy way to procrastinate

By: Play Free RPG Games

Play Free RPG Games — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:40:22 +0000

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By: Wladimir

Wladimir — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:42:12 +0000

Everyone is lazy in a sense. But I don't agree programmers are especially lazy. They just like their craft and want to do it as soundly as possible. So they want to come up with the best solution to their current issue, even if it means more work, pulling allnighters, and it can be at the expense of other things. It's obsession, not lazyness. And even to someone that enjoys it, programming is hard work. It can burn you out.

Your analogy to a girl watching TV to train for actress is nonsense. Programmers produce something, even if it only interests only programmers. The comparison would be more striking for a game designer that wants to learn game design by playing games all day.

As to me personally, as a programmer "getting rich" is not a goal at all. I'd love to be rich enough to be able to do what I want, which is fiddle on my projects, but I'm not striving to be rich in the sense of a big house, big car, etc…

By: @tomelam

@tomelam — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:40:40 +0000

Hmm. Great! How/where did you meet them?

By: John

John — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:24:53 +0000

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By: Yalinda

Yalinda — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:39:28 +0000

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By: Agus Dwi Basuki

Agus Dwi Basuki — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:03:28 +0000

Everybody tends to procrastinate everything. Something that never procrastinated is procrastination itself.

By: Khue

Khue — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:55:05 +0000

Thanks for the post, it is so true.

By: George Moschovitis

George Moschovitis — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:57:09 +0000

You nailed it! Will have to fight the urge for procrastination then…

By: B

Thu, 27 May 2010 11:31:41 +0000

I love that line “That’s like a girl watching TV all the time and saying she’s training to become an actress.”. Pure gold.

By: Geek Coach

Geek Coach — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:56:29 +0000

Its not just programmers! And it’s often not laziness. Its fear.In my coaching practice, I usually leave a client with some “homework” to do over the next week. Something that will take them close to their goal. I work with highly motivated people, so usually they follow through. But sometimes, they come back with all kinds of reasons why they decided not to do what they said they would do. They thought of a better way, they didn’t think it was a good idea, etc.But actually, they were just avoiding doing something that intimidated them. Which is fair enough. We all have things we avoid out of fear. The trick is to be honest about why you aren’t moving ahead, decide if it’s worth the risk, and then do it (or not).Usually, it really helps to have someone in your life who will ask about the real reasons behind your action (or lack of it).Scotty