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The best programmers I know

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628 points kiyanwang | 1 comments | 09 Apr 25 06:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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epolanski ◴[09 Apr 25 09:02 UTC] No.43630228[source]▶
I want to add another one, ability to handle emotions (mentioned but mostly in terms of patience) and ability to stay focused.

Two programmers that start with similar levels at the thing that OP listed, but one able to stay focused and productive and the other jumping on YouTube, HN half the day (yes, that's me in many periods) etc are gonna have different impact and progression with time.

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1. VonTum ◴[09 Apr 25 12:27 UTC] No.43631295[source]▶
It is uncanny how well this describes me. I've been trying all kinds of things, like website blockers, timeouts, breaks, etc. nothing's stuck.

And it's all about "getting in the zone". Once I'm there, things fly, but the sputtering engine of editing 3 lines then alt-tabbing to youtube for 20 minutes makes progress very slow.

It's weird, I know exactly what to do, or what to look into, but just "don't want to?"

I have noticed one thing, namely evenings are my golden hours. I'm trying to do all of my shopping, chores, etc during regular working hours, and then actaully working 5pm-?am. Maybe this will fix it.