On 13 August 2010 10:57, Mario Fusco <mario.fu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Time is a huge problem. I don't have a family, so I can spend lots of my > > free time honeying my skills and I still feel that I'm going slow. > > Time IS the only problem. >
This is matter of perception... and how much you expect of yourself... so completely subjective... > > > Uncle Bob also says that you need to put, apart from the normal 40h of > work, > > 20h hours to improve. How you use them is up to you but I found out that > > diversifying a bit and keeping some that I hardly change has worked well > for > > me. > > Copied from the Uncle Bob post I linked in my first email: > > "Since I had time, I added more features to the kata. As I improved in > my practice I found I had even more time, so I added even more > features. I refined and polished. I refactored my refactorings. I > trimmed keystrokes, and learned many new keyboard shortcuts in the > process. I completely abandoned the mouse; and then later reacquired > it for flourishes and highlights (but never for actual coding). Week > after week, I set aside 30 minutes or so every day to practice, and > practice, and practice—just the way I used to practice my Jiu Jitsu > Katas. I would practice on airplanes while flying to clients. I would > practice in bed with my laptop in my lap. I would practice late at > night in hotel rooms after a long day consulting for clients. I would > practice early in the morning before shower and breakfast. And the > practice started to pay off." > > Well, I am sorry but I completely disagree. I don't have 30 minutes a > day to use in this way. And at which purpose in the end? To trim > keystrokes? To learn shortcuts? To abandon the mouse? I prefer to > spend a second to take my mouse when I don't remember a shortcut > instead of spending hours in this exercise. > It's all a matter of priorities. And If you gave it a proper spin and feel the same then maybe you could ask yourself why so many people feel that it's worthwhile... I'm sorry but your arguments resembles the guys that dont write tests because they cant afford the time but seem to be happy spending infinite time debugging... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
