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Just sick of developing
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:45 pm
by Luke
Man... I am at the point right now where my brain is completely exhausted... I'm so tired of web development right now. I've been doing it all day at work and then when I get home from about 7 until 1-2am... I can't even stand looking at code right now.
but I have to because it's my job
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:52 pm
by toasty2
You could make a nice development program that'll manage a snippet database and auto-complete stuff

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:59 pm
by Luke
huh?
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:05 pm
by toasty2
It's a ridiculous idea, it would take a lot of time to make. But, it would help quite a bit with coding.
Re: Just sick of developing
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:15 pm
by feyd
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:I can't even stand looking at code right now.

This is why I've made my hobbies nonintersecting plains with respect to my "job." Wow, you think I'm in higher level math courses?
GWsux wrote:You could make a nice development program that'll manage a snippet database and auto-complete stuff
This is why I don't do crack.
Re: Just sick of developing
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:17 pm
by Luke
GWsux wrote:You could make a nice development program that'll manage a snippet database and auto-complete stuff
This is why I don't do crack.[/quote]classic

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:21 pm
by alex.barylski
We all experience that feeling of fatgiue...
Print some articles and read for a bit...work on some new and interesting code, surf the net for pron...there are many industry and not so industry related activities which you can do for a little while to remove that fatigue you experience - coders block, etc.
I personally find that sitting down and reading something really complex for just 15-30 minutes makes my head spin enough that I begin to wish I could go back to writing code or cleaning up sources, etc...
Or you could just go for a walk or watch TV. Short little hops like that every employer must understand it's why so many development firms have in studio fridges, playstations, excersize equipment, etc...
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:51 am
by timvw
The first day i became a professional programmer i dediced i had to look for another hobby (since it was programming that day). I think it's important to have a bit of variation

) And better for your social life too...
Anyway, a little walk/run/swim of half an hour can do miracles:)
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:23 am
by Luke
yea I could really use a new hobby...
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:30 am
by christian_phpbeginner
The Ninja Space Goat wrote:yea I could really use a new hobby...
I thought you said that you play guitar ? Have you tried to learn new songs, find some tunes and notes when you're sick with coding ? I do that, and it refreshes me.....well, at least I have something to make my eyes stop looking at those codes for a while ....
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:27 am
by Benjamin
The reason you feel this way, IMHO is because you feel that your not getting enough back in return for the time and effort you have spent. Maybe you need to think about that for a while and reconsider what you program and what you want to get back in return. I have felt this way before as well. Sometimes you just need to turn the wheel and steer the ship in a different direction.
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:55 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Fatigue is inevitable - I mean you do this at work and at home? How can you stand the sight of PHP?
Personally, I intersperse programming with reading or some recreational writing. I find the time taken to write a blog post is enough to recharge my enthusiasm, or maybe a humourous riff on my alter-ego, Maugrim, who happens to be a fictional character in my totally unprofessional creational writing.
I avoid TV if possible - my brain would rot from too much exposure.
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:07 am
by n00b Saibot
Maugrim_The_Raper wrote:Fatigue is inevitable - I mean you do this at work and at home? How can you stand the sight of PHP?

not if you hobby and profession is same... like me. I loooove to code..

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:12 am
by Mordred
You absolutely positively surely
need something which
doesn't involve not only coding, but computers in general.
(Some call that "life"

)
PHP is a "hobby" for me, a bit different from my daytime job, but it's still coding and glazing at the monitor.
Apart from other social activities, I do recommend sport - any kind, just get those muscles doing something.
We have a table tennis ..errm.. table at work, which is fun AND a good sport, I commute by bike, and I also do a martial art and some music instruments. Add family life, friends, books and
absolutely no tv and you find lots and lots of meaningful things to do besides coding. Which makes all of them more fun, even the boring coding

- doing one while resting from another, that's the principle with me.
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:50 am
by n00b Saibot
hmmm... Martial Arts and Biking are something I would love to indulge in.. but i fear i am obsessed with computers

and as you may have guessed I have very little social life. My gf stopped talking for 2-3 months but I remained the same... in the end she had to compromise. I still have 'Geek of the City' tag with me, and I am close friend of very few selective people (and only 1 of them is outside of IT industry

).
I think while coding my MVC, God wrote my Controller with only coding in mind...

I can't seem to think of anything else
