Whether it be between projects or because you were sick, when was the last time you had to limit your coding time? How do you deal with this time?
I personally cannot stop thinking about all the things I "should" be doing instead of resting. Do you have any tips?
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How does consulting work?
You go to a farm, count the sheep, go to the farmer, tell him how many sheep he has. Now demand your paycheck
Sounds simple enough! LOL
Since I started coding professionally, not very long. Even when I've been between jobs, I've done work on open source projects. Probably the longest period with zero coding was about three weeks. That was when I went on vacation without a computer in 2016.
Hopefully you were able to enjoy your vacation without thinking about coding
For me, it was one month. I was sick and resting. And I got to the conclusion that I love coding but I want to stop coding at the same time. I will stop coding when I have a successful business that will free me from work. Until then, I'll keep coding!
Oh wow !! I don't think I would last six months
Six years. Situational requirement. But continuing to study, and to build mental models of code, and language structures, and algorithms was a constant. Filling journals and notebooks with tens of thousands of lines of code, that I would never type but that would only ever be run between my ears.
After that, sitting down to program again? I found that the mental models I'd been building were robust and reliable, and remarkably accurate. Honestly, while it sucked, that time was the best thing that happened to my development skills.
I have to sleep, sometime.
😅😂😂😂
Ahh quite interesting ! How would someone get started with consulting?
Makes sense. Thanks for the information :D I'll look more into it
1 week .-.
Not a single day in the last 3 years, not proud of it but it is what it is.
I am sure once you get back into it things will start flowing again 😀 I once had a long period without coding because I was caught up doing other things.