yes - tell your friends to take a break. i'm sure there's some research out there that proves this, but my experience says that you can't normaly think hard for 3 hours strait, and you need a break. preferably, away from the computer. my rule is 10 min per hour. make yourself a cup of tea, do some push ups or tai chi. talk to someone. belive me - you'll get more done. probably save yourself from RSI as a bonus. I remember when I was an undergrad, we would spend the night in the computer lab. Every time I felt completly stuck, after pounding the code for hours, I would take a printout and go out for a smoke (I've quit both since). Usualy, by the time I reached the smoker's corner I knew where the bug was - without actualy looking at the printout.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Babar Abbas Sent: Thu 10/27/2005 3:46 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Subject: PPIG discuss: Problems sitting on the seat (acquiring the seat) while Programming. Hello all! I am a programmer from Pakistan, Programming from the past 6 years, as I started my bachelors, in 1998 and I am comparitively good at it. One of the problems that I am facing from the past 3 years or so, as I have started commercial software development, that I can't sit in front of the computer on my seat for more than 1 or 1.5 hours. Some times I did manage to do that, like if i've had a pleasent night chatting with one of my friends, at other most of the times i've struggled a lot, getting up for smoking or for tea, or for a walk at least, the basic purpose of which had been to motivate myself up for sitting on the seat for the next turn. As far as my psychological life is concerned I have been through a lot of things, which i can explain well. My new job is going to be started in a company with in the next few days, working in Network Security in Java. Some of my friends claim that they sit for 3 to 4 hours consistently without a rest in front of the computer in a single go. Can some body help with this. Regards, Babar Abbas. Software Engineer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([email protected]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
