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Code is Art
Programming is very much a creative pursuit. You’re creating something out of nothing, not with paint or words, but with code.
If you have any desire to produce at a high level, then you have to practice. You can get a lot better, in less time, if you make your practice more effective.
The quantity and quality of your output increase when you get better at being able to stay focused for longer, intentional periods.
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The 2 Steps You Need to Multiply Your Programming Skills with Fo
- Removing distraction is the foundation of focused, deep work.
- Work for a 25-minute block (a Pomodoro) and then take a 5 minutes break.
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Yes, You Can Be a 10x Developer (But 5x, 2x and 1x Are Great Too)
This ability is not a natural gift. You aren’t born with it and it’s not something you can “turn on.” It’s a skill that you can, and must, practice and train.
There are more open developer jobs than there are qualified developers to fill them
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Learning to Focus is HARD
The first thing to realize is that learning to focus isn’t easy. You’re not going to be able to start producing novels of quality code from the start. Especially if you’ve never dealt with the reality of how easily distracted you are.
Learning to focus requires pra...
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Don’t Confuse Busyness with Productivity
Just because you’re doing something doesn’t mean it’s worth doing. You need to figure out what’s important and what’s not.
If you’re going to spend the time learning how to focus, then do it on something that has a high return for the effort involved.
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Most of us want to say yes to our creativity more often, to give ourselves more time and space to follow our creative impulse. Our creative instinct, if it’s strongly held within, is to say yes. This is why saying no can be a more psychologically rich practice and also more psychologically challe...
Success Is Relative To Others
Just like our salary is valued in a skewed way (people would rather have a 5% increase if their colleagues get 0% than a 20% increase if their colleagues get 30%), our career self-evaluations are largely based on what we think of others’ level of success.
When people tell you that you ...
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