Work Day Optimization: Write Code as Early as You Can
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Do you dedicate your first working hour to code, or do you waste it reviewing your to-do list and responding to Slack messages?I often find that the longer it takes me to get to my most important tasks for the day, the less I accomplish by the end of the day.One of my favorite blog posts is “Fire and Motion” — an open admission by Joel Spolsky about days where he felt unproductive as a programmer. In his blog post, Spolsky writes:Once you get into flow it’s not too hard to keep going. 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 (...)
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