Rachel Greenham wrote:
>
> Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
> > For me, though, the issue wasn't creativity, it was a need to do
> > something that "mattered" more than twiddling bits on a computer.
>
> Sometimes I just wonder if I need more
> interesting programming work to do. I haven't had a project that I feel
> motivated to pull multiple all-nighters on for ages.
I think that's the main point. You need to do something that *matters*
to you.
For Dancer, doing leading-edge stuff in a field - programming which is
half research - does the trick. Not for me. For me, the end result has
to matter as well.
(Of course, at the moment Dancer is working for Schoolsnet, & writing the
software that's hooking school students up to the net.. which he believes
in .. so he's got both motivations.)
For me, it's got to be something I /want/ to do. And I really don't know
what my criteria are - I just know I know when I don't have it.
Hobby programming - finding something to do just cause you want to do it -
can be the trick.
Jenn V.
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Humans are the only species to feed and house entirely separate species
for no reason other than the pleasure of their company. Why?
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