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What do other people do when they have to work on a project (because it's their source of income and there's no way out of it) and they start to lose interest after a few days/weeks?
I've been working on a particular project for a fortnight now, and its not particularly hard its just DULL. Really dull. The client has been on to me 10 times today at least with various ideas, changes etc and I feel like I'm losing the will to live!
So what I want to know is, what do other people do to find their motivation/inspiration so that they can make it to the end of the project, or even just the end of the day? Bear in mind I'm trapped in an office, so taking an hour off to watch tv is not an option! Oh and coffee makes me really dizzy!
snacks. get somthing to eat from a bakery if you got one close by. munch down. its like at least you have SOMTHING good right now, makes life oh so much better. either that or start smoking cigarettes. with smokes you can be like i will not allow myself to smoke a cigarette until i finish this section so then you go as fast as you can to finish it then you get your doggy treat
Hehe, you know for the first time in my life I was so fed up I actually did contemplate smoking the other day! The bakery is definately a good idea though.
well i tend to think.."money..money..money...money.." and then look at a 20 to remind me what money is(or any denomination of a bill) and then visualize that as I code:)
but seriously the best way to avoid losing interest is to understand your limits.
You are only human, so set a realistic timeframe of how long it will take you to do a project, and how many hours you are willing to commit per day to it.
we have a really hard and huge project were 3 programmers code and code and code ...
the 'big boss' isnt intrested in discussions about problems - he only wants a finished software solution to sell.
so every day we sit for this code and think "uhh - if i had more time ... i'd like to throw it away and code it new but ..."
and when we build a version so the managers can test it - they only say "no time for testing" ...
it really sucks
Hardcore4Life wrote:i know - and have - same problem too!
we have a really hard and huge project were 3 programmers code and code and code ...
the 'big boss' isnt intrested in discussions about problems - he only wants a finished software solution to sell.
so every day we sit for this code and think "uhh - if i had more time ... i'd like to throw it away and code it new but ..."
and when we build a version so the managers can test it - they only say "no time for testing" ...
it really sucks
Time to find a new job?
Anyways, if you're having problems with feature creep, I'd look into how your pricing is going about.
Charles256 wrote:well i tend to think.."money..money..money...money.." and then look at a 20 to remind me what money is(or any denomination of a bill) and then visualize that as I code:)
There's always a few things that bug me from time to time, but on the whole I love my job to bits. Creating web forms for data input... long ones, and having to make them look nice. It's not hard - it's just hideously boring.
If I do get fed up at work I just browse the internet for a little bit or go out for a coffee (or tea if coffee makes you dizzy ) for half an hour. I guess the difference is that I don't work for myself now though If I did I'd just go home early and pay someone else half the $$$ to do the work (maybe not)