Discussion on: What harmful habits do developers pick up over time?

[Juan F Gonzalez]

A few that come to mind (and had happened to me before).

• Spending way too much time sitting either working or just browsing around
• Having disparate eating times and not eating real food much
• Not having work boundaries and letting the work spills out to other activities (now is even more prevalent since all of us are working from home)
• Not having times to stretch, move or even break a sweat

I probably could go on and on but those are just a few 😅

[Ben Halpern]

I read that if you take a break, but the break involves another screen, your brain really doesn't actually reap the benefits of the break.

So moving from your computer, plopping on the couch and scrolling Reddit etc. is really not what you want to be doing if you can help it.

[Juan F Gonzalez]

Exactly! That's what I tell some students on calls. Having a structure of work & break times (like the Pomodoro technique)
And the important thing is that when people are working, they try to focus and get stuff done. And when they are taking the break, they fully disengage from pc or phone and just go for a walk, go to the bathroom, make a drink, talk with someone or whatever to make it an actual break.

[Saujan Ghimire]

amen..

[Subramanya Chakravarthy]

Please go on and write a post 📝

[Juan F Gonzalez]

Hahaha if it will help you then I'm surely going to schedule that post. 😁