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I think this is a facinating question, and for me, it's quite linked to the classic 'how come I can play a computer game for 14 hours in a day and not be able to deal with my email for half that'
I'm going to try and challenge the assumptions in the question a little bit. I remain to be convinced that eight hours of coding is better than six hours of ...
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I dropped out last winter. I deliberately took a year break to learn, understand and practice the art of coding.
Though my daily cognitive productivity/activity may vary a lot from you, I study/build things for twelve hours, six days a week. Yes, it takes a lot of discipline and motivation to strive for consistency. I too fail a lot. But during the process ...
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I'm a software developer by profession (just shy of a decade professional experience) It's very common when you're nose to the grind stone for every two hours you work your effective productivity drops severely. By the time you approach 8 to 10 hours you're practically wasting your time.
What has worked well for myself and those I work with is to break up ...
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I think you need to take some time for tasks like responding to email, documentation, source control management, compiline, code review and refactoring that should not be as taxing. Manage your time, so you make sure you do this stuff. It may be difficult to motivate yourself to do some of the mundane tasks, but that is another problem.
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For an abridged version, read the last section.
In my personal experience—and by no means do I mean any disrespect in saying this—nine times out of ten, all you need to do is solve the problems present in your environment. I have absolutely no doubt that a poor enough environment can make anyone depressed enough to cease all life functioning and want to ...
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It's because you're impatient, lack discipline and want to hold on to your current perception of the world because you find it pleasurable. This isn't a bad thing! It just means that you have to have very good reasons as to why you should turn your back on your current reality, to embrace another.
You're like the over-weight person that initially gets ...
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