I re-examined my current projects here at the office, and I realize that I am only programming within my comfort zone. Nothing is challenging me, really, and although I've had some, what I think, are good ideas, none of them really motivate me to attempt anything new, or outside my current idiom. In other words, I'm in a dry spell, or maybe just the 'Code Duldrums'.

Learning isn't a linear process. It moves in fits and starts, with frequent plateaus. If you feel frustration building, that's a healthy sign that your engine is building up steam. Beware, though, that moving off of a plateau often means moving through a sudden decline in performance while you struggle with new ideas, or unlearn old ones. That, too, is normal and will pass.

Fare forward, traveler.

In reply to Re: Christmas Coding Blues by dws
in thread Christmas Coding Blues by cacharbe

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