My rule of thumb is to ask for help if i am out of solution-leads, or what i am working on has high priority and i do not have time to pursue all the leads i have.
Leads include, google, docs etc, like the article mentions, but also code debugging, library source-code exploration, testing, and other shenanigans.
Do these things, if you have the time.
You will come out a slightly better problem solver each time, i promise.
I find 90% of the time, i already know the solution.
I just gotta poke the old relation engine a bit to bring it about.
A couple of tools i use to do this are, list all probably solutions down, and if that fails, use a colleague as a canvas and list up your possible solutions to them, without their feedback (speaking aloud to your-self also works, but i usually only do this at home).
This is usually enough to get the creative juices flowing.
Those are good suggestions. Thanks for sharing! I like to try out solutions as I go, but I know that doesn’t work for everyone. Sometimes I will look at a few places and try to summarize (for lack of a better term) my findings into another solution.
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My rule of thumb is to ask for help if i am out of solution-leads, or what i am working on has high priority and i do not have time to pursue all the leads i have.
Leads include, google, docs etc, like the article mentions, but also code debugging, library source-code exploration, testing, and other shenanigans.
Do these things, if you have the time.
You will come out a slightly better problem solver each time, i promise.
I find 90% of the time, i already know the solution.
I just gotta poke the old relation engine a bit to bring it about.
A couple of tools i use to do this are, list all probably solutions down, and if that fails, use a colleague as a canvas and list up your possible solutions to them, without their feedback (speaking aloud to your-self also works, but i usually only do this at home).
This is usually enough to get the creative juices flowing.
Also, as rule of thumb, i never try out solutions before i have listed up the possible solution's first.
I might end up pursuing a detour, or sub-par solution, otherwise.
Unless ofc. i am limited by time.
Those are good suggestions. Thanks for sharing! I like to try out solutions as I go, but I know that doesn’t work for everyone. Sometimes I will look at a few places and try to summarize (for lack of a better term) my findings into another solution.