One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
I wish we would stop to assume that procrastination is an inherently bad thing.
it's not.
It's a strategy that deliver results.
They may not be the ones you planned to do, they may be worse but they may also be better or simply different.
Also very simply you cannot not procrastinate.
Not possible.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
We are not machines. A machine is never tired, bored or afraid to do a repetitive boring dangerous task.
Your brain on the other hand has built-in mechanism to avoid those kind of activities, and scan the environment to see whether there is an easier solution. That's the strategy. Sometimes it doesn't work but sometimes it does. A machine would have never invented the wheel but we did.
Sometimes procrastination is the trigger for creativity and innovation. For us developers, that could be: I'm bored doing the same thing again and again in my developer workflow. What if I could automate it?
See also this essay on structured procrastination who argue that when you can procrastinate a something you dread, you can use that energy to do something else actually useful.
I wish we would stop to assume that procrastination is an inherently bad thing.
it's not.
It's a strategy that deliver results.
They may not be the ones you planned to do, they may be worse but they may also be better or simply different.
Also very simply you cannot not procrastinate.
Not possible.
I don't think I fully understand where you're coming from, would you mind adding a bit more context as to why you think that way?
In my experience procrastinating has never been better than not procrastinating... Tough I agree that it's not possible to not procrastinate.
We are not machines. A machine is never tired, bored or afraid to do a repetitive boring dangerous task.
Your brain on the other hand has built-in mechanism to avoid those kind of activities, and scan the environment to see whether there is an easier solution. That's the strategy. Sometimes it doesn't work but sometimes it does. A machine would have never invented the wheel but we did.
Sometimes procrastination is the trigger for creativity and innovation. For us developers, that could be: I'm bored doing the same thing again and again in my developer workflow. What if I could automate it?
See also this essay on structured procrastination who argue that when you can procrastinate a something you dread, you can use that energy to do something else actually useful.
Interesting view, I had not thought about it in this way! Thanks for sharing... I might dig into this view a bit more, feels really interesting