• Gsus4@mander.xyz
    1·
    6 hours ago

    …I just want have a go at it to know if I can do it in practice in case I needed it one day…finishing up is left as an exercise to the reader…

  • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
    7·
    11 hours ago

    Am I a bad engineer if I’ve never even tried to build a single personal project on my own, like I only code when I’m paid for it, other than that it almost never comes to mind, unless I want to solve some small problem of mine occasionally, since getting laid off I keep thinking I’ll work on some projects using popular frameworks and languages to add to my github and maybe mention on my resume but I can’t bring myself to even start anything, I just want a boring 9 to 5 job, why did this industry turn into this passion nonsense, nobody asks a dentist or an accountant if they do their respective work as a hobby in their free time, they still get hired and paid for their jobs

  • RacerX@lemmy.zip
    22·
    18 hours ago

    Built an app and it accidentally got traction with a small but appreciative user base. Now they’re distracting me from leaving it half finished and moving on to the next thing.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      13 hours ago

      Hardly. Starting a project is often pretty straightforward, the possibilities are boundless, and the vision can be fuzzy without interfering with the initial work.

      As soon as you get to the more complex and less fun bits of the project - reconciling flaws in the initial design, repeatedly failing in execution of a step in the operation, finding a missing piece, being forced to backtrack because you missed a step, debugging, validating results, beautifying the final project, documentation - its normal to get frustrated, lose enthusiasm, and shift focus. You don’t have to be diagnosed with anything to experience anxiety, boredom, or ennui. These are universal human conditions.

      If anything, I’d argue a certain level of OCD is necessary to get a project over the finish line. If you’re not a touch masochistic, nothing will ever get done.

      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
        21·
        11 hours ago

        Did you just “everyone’s a little ADHD” me? For the record, I was only suggesting that this is something an ADHD person would understand very well without intending to imply that the OP was ADHD.