Coder’s Block
Whether it’s because yesterday was Blue Monday, or because tomorrow is my birthday I don’t know, but I feel a little melancholy of late. Not so much in general, but specifically with my hobby and career, web development.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my job; as I have with every job I’ve had. The problem is that with any personal interest that becomes a career, web development has lost it’s shine a little lately. I’m certainly not going to do anything rash like change career I enjoy what I do too much. I just remember a time when I’d have a number of personal projects on the go, but when I get home from work now, the last thing I want to do is code.
I seem to have lost my creative inspiration and enthusiasm for what was my hobby but is now my career. Has anyone else been in a similar position of having the programmers equivalent of writer’s block? Any thoughts or suggestions as to how I can regain my enthusiasm on a postcard please. How do other coders come up with ideas for personal projects to keep them engaged and up to speed with the latest APIs and tools? Hopefully this can all be put down to seasonal blues and I’ll find inspiration soon.
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Al
I know exactly how you feel Max! I’ve discovered that I need to do other stuff to vary what I’m doing. A change is as good as a rest…
Try to do something different for a bit to break it up and you might well come back refreshed. Maybe.
Jan 19th, 2010
Olly Jackson
Amen to that brother.
I’ve been getting that a lot recently.
I’ve found that I’m really good at starting new projects but not seeing them through to anything useful. To stop this I’ve decided to take stock of what I’ve got on the go and get these to a point where they are either self sustaining or that I’m “happy” with them.
I’ve also started restraining myself by just writing down new ideas, not going out and starting hacking new code/buying domain name etc.
We should have a chat about ge-location stuff some time and Where Are The Shops.
Jan 20th, 2010
maxmanders
Sounds like a plan. It’d be good to catch up with the old crew some time soon. Put some feelers out at VT and see how folk are fixed for end of the month/after pay-day.
Jan 20th, 2010
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