For me that's an easy question to answer. It is the same way I stay motivated to mess about in C, Java, HTML, JavaScript, C++ and assembler. Sometimes all at once in a single day.

For instance: one of my pastimes is hacking around with microcontrollers. Mostly Z80s, Basic Stamps, PICs of various types, and the 8051 family. To that end I am messing around with writing a plugin for Eclipse to provide IDE services for SDCC just because I can. If I like my end product (if there is ever an end product) I may even make a Source Forge project out of it and let other folks join me in my fun.

I also have a very active imagination and for that reason can always think up a new project to work on and therefore I'm never bored. Some of my projects (a lot of my projects) are totally impractical and a complete waste of time. At least on the surface. If you can learn something while tinkering around, even better.

One of my long-term projects is to build my own brewery. That one project has spawned off dozens of sub-projects for all kinds of gadgets incorporating mechanical skills, electronics skills, woodworking skills (I suck at that) and most importantly my programming skills.

It's easy for me to stay motivated.

Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg

In reply to Re: How do you stay motivated? by blue_cowdawg
in thread How do you stay motivated? by Marza

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