24
Feb
2006
For the love of programming
How Max got his grove back
Change of scenery, sometimes that’s all it takes to snap you back in to the swing of things. Last week I’ve been plagued by a series of tedious programming tasks, in addition to that my sleeping habits of 4-5.5 hours a night took away what ever motivation I had left.
As you probably read my last entry I finished reading another Dan Brown’s book which left me without an enjoyable activity on my way to/from work [not that sleeping isn’t enjoyable but I like to feel productive during four hours of daily commute].
So, what is there to do? Simple: take out my trusty laptop and start programming.
I don’t really know what it is about the public transportation but miraculously I was managing to get things done. Embraced by the humming of a standard diesel engine I found my oasis, somehow things just seemed to come to me naturally.
I offer some reasons for this change. Maybe it’s boredom [accompanied by staring down complete strangers], maybe it’s the non-pesticide-infected environment or it’s as simple as applying my love for programming and removing the pressures of office atmosphere [on a subway there is no one to bug you besides the casual crazy person who loves your shoe laces].
End results:
I cleaned up my own code [it runs smoother with fewer errors].
I rewrote someone else’s program using my pre-build functions improving the usability [it actually works now] and efficiency [I cut down the code by 50% and that also includes additional commenting provided by yours truly].
Aren’t I a trooper!
Tags: developer, engineering, experience, software, story
