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Discussion on: What if I solve it too quickly?

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Gunnar Gissel

'Sufficiently productive' for work purposes is whatever keeps your boss and stakeholders happy. They'll probably want to see some growth, in terms of what and how much you can do, but there is a ceiling on total productiveness.

I generally fill my spare work time with trying out new tools/libraries, prototyping improvements for systems that bother me, automating stuff I don't want to think about again, and outreach/education/promotion to my coworkers about stuff I think the team/org should be doing.