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Discussion on: Let's talk about importance of concentration (for developers)

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Giorgos Kontopoulos 👀

I have seen people using concentration apps and chrome addons or use headphones and what have you. I have seen a thread recently around here somewhere that described all those goodies if you want to search and find out.

While all those techniques are nice there will always be something that pops in your mind that you have to settle somehow and those apps or techniques can not help you at ALL. So you have to learn how to FOCUS on your task. I think when the subject matter is to your liking you tend to FOCUS more so you will be blessed to find interesting projects to work on but I believe the concentration is something that you have to learn how to deal with mostly on your own. Perhaps try different techniques and see what suits you best.

As for me I just find a quiet place (working remote all the time) and sit there and try to have as less distractions as possible and try not jump back and forth from subject to subject and try to minimize the tabs that I have open.

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Gurprit

"when the subject matter is to your liking you tend to FOCUS more".. I completely agree. And yes finding a quiet place to work at is kind of prerequisite to allow concentration to kick in.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.