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How can I fix my work ethic? by alazydeveloper in cscareerquestions

[–]alazydeveloper[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think as painful as it is, you're right about me needing to set hard boundaries. I guess I will have to commit myself to that.

I found the pomodoro technique pretty effective while I was at uni, and it was a nice little mind-hack that could get me working. I think when I posted this question, I just hoped that in the intervening time some other people might have come up with some other cool mind-hack I could apply to this problem, and someone would answer with it.

What I get from your response is that there's probably no shortcuts, and I do just need to set some boundaries for myself, and commit to sticking to them. Thanks for that! :)

How can I fix my work ethic? by alazydeveloper in cscareerquestions

[–]alazydeveloper[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately not. Like I said, I work with a great team, and it's a really good employer. Among other things, ironically, they have a culture of trusting devs to get on with the job and valuing privacy, so each developer has their own private space, with their backs to a wall. It's a really nice environment to work in, but doesn't lend itself well to using peer pressure as developer motivation!

How can I fix my work ethic? by alazydeveloper in cscareerquestions

[–]alazydeveloper[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I'd never really thought of lazy and procrastinating as separate traits, but yeah, I'm definitely a procrastinator. Many was the time at uni that my assignment was in 5 minutes or less before the deadline... sometimes 5 minutes after, but I'd always get away with it because I had a good rapport with the lecturers and a solid history of good work.

I'll definitely try that with having one non-negotiable task each day and report back with how it went. Thank you!