Hey, thanks for sharing. I think I am the opposite of that, I am unable to code just for myself, if no one else is directly (and immediately) impacted by what I do then I get bored fast (but this is probably coupled with the fact that I am unable to code the way I want yet like some editor where everything is based on a graph so ie. connected, explorable). If I am doing something for someone (other than just myself) then I'm all fired up and motivated although any kind of inconsistency/bugs/barriers or the need to compromise around them because of the system limitations are having a negative impact on my morale. This is likely still be ego related, but knowing that I am not the only one that I program for, boosts my morale. In a way this is always true that you program for others as much as for yourself but it's not directly obvious, for example all the improvements that you get from practicing/programming will help you and others in the future, it's for the best of all(and I consciously know that), but my subconscious seems to want something more immediate like knowing that are others (in the now) actively waiting on me and wanting me to code the stuff (ego xD). I find this morale boosting. But just doing it for myself, I couldn't do it, even if I would know that sometime in the future some people would appreciate that I did that. I would guess that a good programmer(not me) knows how to program his subconscious (which is not unlike what you did Mosciatti) so that morale is never a problem. Either make the environmental conditions match the expected ones (ie. surround yourself with friends that appreciate what u're doing) or reprogram your subconscious (ie. so you don't need the friends that appreciate you, you appreciating yourself would be enough). Sometimes I am able to trick myself into believing that sometime in the future some people would benefit from what I coded (either from the code itself[less likely though xD] or from what the resulting program does) and this works for a while but it's still based on the fact that I code for others or in other words, my ego boosts morale when I know that I've done something for others (as opposed to just myself).
ok writing too much text, stopping On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Simone Mosciatti <mweb....@gmail.com>wrote: > I code only for myself, and honestly coding is what I like to do. > > I remember these days being in a very bad mood and all I wanted to do was > to sit and code. > > I believe that what motivate myself is my own EGO, code for me is only > about solving problem, and more problem I solve better my ego is. > > Anyway I am still a student and I don't have (m)any [I like that XP] > financial issues. > > I am weird, but friends usually don't help me when I have an hard time, > neither does my family (no that they wouldn't like to help me, they try > most of the time but they simply don't work), time helps. > For problems that I can not solve because they are not ups to me, I just > don't think about, so I keep myself as busy as possible, until I don't feel > great again. > For problems that I can solve, well those are just other forms of coding, > so I just fix that for my ego. > > :-) > > Someone else want to share ? > > > On Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:34:22 PM UTC+2, atkaaz wrote: >> >> Hi. I've been meaning to ask (all of)you, how do you get moral support? >> How do you put yourself into that mood so that you're happy/willing to >> program? What motivates you to do it? Is it the people you surround >> yourself with or the financial support? Are they enough to subconsciously >> motivate you? What if you had no friends/contacts but you had time? >> >> Unusual question for this ML, I know, so I won't expect (m)any answers. >> Thanks. >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
