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Discussion on: Do I Really Have to Code 24/7 to Be a Good Programmer?

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Kasey Speakman • Edited

I've said it before: the breaks between coding are often where my best ideas come from. I cannot count the number of times I have come up with a solution to a puzzling problem while driving or in the shower. Nor the number of times where I stayed late to "get it done" only to rewrite it better the next day after some rest.

Coding 24/7 -- if it works -- works by attrition. A lot more effort is expended than the value you get from it.

Forgot to mention originally. Bloggers have every incentive to hold up a standard which cannot be met. That way readers are enticed to subscribe to find out how to do this impossible thing. Gatekeeping is unfortunately an effective marketing tactic.