Joel Spolsky some time ago wrote:
[...] Many of my days go like this: (1) get into work (2) check email, read the web, etc. (3) decide that I might as well have lunch before getting to work (4) get back from lunch (5) check email, read the web, etc. (6) finally decide that I've got to get started (7) check email, read the web, etc. (8) decide again that I really have to get started (9) launch the damn editor and (10) write code nonstop until I don't realize that it's already 7:30 pm.
Somewhere between step 8 and step 9 there seems to be a bug, because I can't always make it across that chasm. [...]
Sounds familiar to you? At least, this sounds very familiar to me. Fortunately, there are also these strange periods where I can hammer out code (or words) 12 hours a day for weeks, until something is done. Just don't dare to interrupt me then. I guess it's just the way it goes for us with jobs that rely on creativity. Many good comments in the article's discussion board support that.
Posted by guenter at June 11, 2005 10:10 AM