Friday, December 15, 2017

Keeping motivation after lots of failures

Software development means getting stuck a lot of times where all your attempts at moving forward result in failure. This affects my motivation and after enough failures, I feel desperate and don't want to touch the project anymore.

One way to overcome this deadlock is to do smaller things with guaranteed success. For example, I improve documentation, draw prettier graphs, make more detailed plans. Scoring little victories shortens my procastination period and I gain enough enthusiasm to tackle the beast.

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