I’ve had a long term project that I’ve gone through highs and lows or productivity. There were times I was interested in other things, but thought I had to focus on my one goal to completion. I wonder if this lack of distractions has hindered my focus on my main project.
So only 80% is left for Redis development, right? Wrong. The deal is between 80% of focus on Redis and 20% on something else, or 0% of focus on Redis in the long term, because in order to have a long term engagement, you need a long term alternative to explore new things.
Does anyone else have experience staying focused on a primary project by doing side projects?
I program for my day job, and program for my side-project. The idea of side-projects for my side-project seems like too much programming. I’m looking around for a physical hobby where I can work with my hands. I think, for me, that will do the same thing as is being suggested in the article.
I found that when I took 6 months off from my programming job I didn’t feel like programming in my spare time. When I went back to my programming job where I don’t control enough of the process, I suddenly felt like doing my own programming outside of work.
A long, long time ago, in a city far, far away, I worked at Linuxcare, who among its employees counted Andrew Tridgell. Apparently, Samba was his ‘side project’ while pursuing his doctoral thesis, which was centered around rsync. He also worked on a bunch of other stuff, any one of which would be a lifetime’s crowning achievement for most mere mortals.
I’ve had a long term project that I’ve gone through highs and lows or productivity. There were times I was interested in other things, but thought I had to focus on my one goal to completion. I wonder if this lack of distractions has hindered my focus on my main project.
Does anyone else have experience staying focused on a primary project by doing side projects?
This is fundamentally why I do side projects – to escape from work tasks for a bit.
I guess if your work is supporting something that was originally a side project, it’s a little different though….
I program for my day job, and program for my side-project. The idea of side-projects for my side-project seems like too much programming. I’m looking around for a physical hobby where I can work with my hands. I think, for me, that will do the same thing as is being suggested in the article.
I found that when I took 6 months off from my programming job I didn’t feel like programming in my spare time. When I went back to my programming job where I don’t control enough of the process, I suddenly felt like doing my own programming outside of work.
A long, long time ago, in a city far, far away, I worked at Linuxcare, who among its employees counted Andrew Tridgell. Apparently, Samba was his ‘side project’ while pursuing his doctoral thesis, which was centered around rsync. He also worked on a bunch of other stuff, any one of which would be a lifetime’s crowning achievement for most mere mortals.