... has often been counter-productive for me and my coworkers, interrupting everyone from doing their work, taking extra time and mental load to prepare what to say, and afterwards everyone walks to the kitchen before focusing on their work again half an hour later. But in an ideal world, daily standups should be a positive and productive ritual. Product managers are quite similar: helpful when they are good, counter-productive when they aren't. Deadlines can motivate people or cause panic and code block. It all depends.
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It depends as well. Often I felt less distracted and annoyed when working from home, but the situation turns around when I have sat at my desk alone for too long, then I enjoy going into an office, café, library, coworking space etc.
Self-assigned tasks: When I assign a task to myself, that is when I choose my own task, something that I myself proposed to do, I feel more motivated to do it
100% agree!
What else motivates me to code?
flow: when things work without counterintuitive errors or unexpected problems
results: when there is progress, step by step, especially visually, which is why I love frontend
appreciation: getting positive feedback for my work from happy customers
ideas: unexpected inspiration for improvements or fixes. I often got that at meetups and conference hall talks
scarcity: when I rarely had the opportunity to sit down and focus on my work, like when there are too many meetings at work, or when I fell ill or had to spend a lot of time caring for others
community: discussions and articles like your post,
... has often been counter-productive for me and my coworkers, interrupting everyone from doing their work, taking extra time and mental load to prepare what to say, and afterwards everyone walks to the kitchen before focusing on their work again half an hour later. But in an ideal world, daily standups should be a positive and productive ritual. Product managers are quite similar: helpful when they are good, counter-productive when they aren't. Deadlines can motivate people or cause panic and code block. It all depends.
It depends as well. Often I felt less distracted and annoyed when working from home, but the situation turns around when I have sat at my desk alone for too long, then I enjoy going into an office, café, library, coworking space etc.
100% agree!
What else motivates me to code?
so thanks for sharing!
hi, thanks for your comment, it was really insightful and helpful!
Nice bro