The latest articles on DEV Community by Miguel Stevens (@notflip). https://dev.to/notflip https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F156939%2F6f2fca2b-bbb7-48ff-8802-6aa92cb17e56.jpg https://dev.to/notflip en Miguel Stevens Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:32:08 +0000 https://dev.to/notflip/being-in-the-flow-and-knowing-when-to-stop-4li7 https://dev.to/notflip/being-in-the-flow-and-knowing-when-to-stop-4li7 <p>The perfect mental state to be in, being in "the flow", you're writing code, and it's flowing out.</p> <p>I've been working on a project that has me very motivated, hence I've had days and hours of being in the flow, there's one caveat that I started noticing, and that is that I don't know where to stop.</p> <p>If you're coding from point A to B, it's all going fine, and suddenly you're at point D, but it wasn't planned for, <strong>I feel like it has become a dangerous trap, the only things stopping me is a difficult feature, or getting stuck in a hurried state</strong>, both of which leave me with an unsatisfied feeling, while at the same time I did more then I could have imagined.</p> <p>Have you been in a situation like that? Glad to hear your stories!</p> Miguel Stevens Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:26:55 +0000 https://dev.to/notflip/how-much-time-do-you-spend-working-learning-and-building-side-projects-2d21 https://dev.to/notflip/how-much-time-do-you-spend-working-learning-and-building-side-projects-2d21 <p>A week has 168 hours, most of us have a job which probably takes up most of the time we have, but then there's courses, tutorials, books and side projects.</p> <p>How do you divide your time for these different things? How do you rate the importance of these?</p> <p>For me it's as follows</p> <ul> <li>Courses: 8 hours per week</li> <li>Job Related Books: 4 hours per week</li> <li>Main Job: 40 hours per week</li> <li>Side Projects: 10 hours per week</li> </ul> Miguel Stevens Wed, 22 May 2019 07:40:35 +0000 https://dev.to/notflip/why-are-you-a-developer-1jc0 https://dev.to/notflip/why-are-you-a-developer-1jc0 <p>Why do you do it? </p> Miguel Stevens Mon, 20 May 2019 10:27:46 +0000 https://dev.to/notflip/how-do-you-stay-motivated-for-doing-mundane-tasks-as-a-developer-54ng https://dev.to/notflip/how-do-you-stay-motivated-for-doing-mundane-tasks-as-a-developer-54ng <p>As developers, when we get something new we can do and become excited, it's all fun! but sometimes there will be those tasks that are easy, and a little boring, so it's hard to stay focused on them, and after a few minutes of doing it, you're already browsing the web looking for cat video's.</p> <p>How do you guys deal with that? How do you keep your motivation, and attention when doing those tasks?</p> Miguel Stevens Mon, 20 May 2019 06:17:42 +0000 https://dev.to/notflip/about-uncertainty-about-starting-a-task-4585 https://dev.to/notflip/about-uncertainty-about-starting-a-task-4585 <p>Can anyone relate to the following scenario:<br> You receive a task, but you have no idea where to start (it's a big chunk of code that has to be written). After a more senior developer tells you the steps you should take, you still feel they're too big to deconstruct and start, which makes you anxious and causes uncertainty, even imposter syndrome. How should this be handled?</p>