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How to stay productive as a developer

Simon Holdorf on January 11, 2021

I am a software developer that loves to code. I am also a person that likes to spend time with family and friends, go out for a run, take in a good...
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Waylon Walker

Taking a break can save you from big-time burnout. Learn your body, know when it's time to push out 14 hour days of amazing 🌈 , and when it's time to scrape by a 5 hour day putting out the most important πŸ”₯.

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Simon Holdorf

Thanks for the great comment :)

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RealToughCandy.io

Learning how to say "no" is certainly one of the bigger challenges.

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Simon Holdorf

absolutely

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Claro A Briones

The challenge I had was getting up to take a break and stretch my legs. I spent a lot of time getting my WFH setup and now it's too comfortable. What I ended up doing is getting a large water bottle so I'm forced to get up and use the restroom. I found that taking the needed restroom break(s) gives me a chance to disconnect and re-evaluate the task I'm working on.

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Simon Holdorf • Edited

Great tactic, even those small things can add up and help you a lot!

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Thorsten Weiskopf

For me one of the most importent lessons as developer was:

Do never ever become obsessed by the problem, or the piece of cake you want to bake. If you stuck into something it`s mostly the best to teak a break and relax rather then digging deeper and deeper into the cake and lost the whole day into the nirvana of problemthinking! ;-)

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Ash

As a chronic workaholic - I experience relapses quite a bit and have to remind myself of this kind of stuff. I also find that time tracking is my best friend - being aware of when I'm spending too much time on a task gets me in gear.

Thanks for writing :)

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Simon Holdorf

Thanks for your comment :)

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Leonardo Furtado

Last tip: Procrastinate on dev.to

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Simon Holdorf

That's work! :D