Re^2: Taking care of your tools

One of my tools is my brain, so I make sure to "sharpen the saw" from time to time.

Sharpening a saw by hand is a difficult, slow, and risk-prone activity. If you mis-align the teeth, you may end up with a duller saw than when you started. If you apply force in the wrong place, you may break the blade altogether.

Sometimes it's just cheaper and easier to buy another saw blade, or even another saw. In the context of programming, that would be consultation or collaboration with a co-worker, or perhaps hiring someone new...

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Re^3: Taking care of your tools by trammell (Priest) on Mar 12, 2005 at 03:49 UTC
Sharpening a saw by hand is a difficult, slow, and risk-prone activity. If you mis-align the teeth, you may end up with a duller saw than when you started. If you apply force in the wrong place, you may break the blade altogether. Just to stretch the metaphor, I wonder what sort of activity might be comparable to "breaking the blade". Probably the closest thing in my life is burn-out from a rotten job environment. Had me seriously considering an occupation change.	[reply]

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Re^3: Taking care of your tools
by trammell (Priest) on Mar 12, 2005 at 03:49 UTC

Just to stretch the metaphor, I wonder what sort of activity might be comparable to "breaking the blade". Probably the closest thing in my life is burn-out from a rotten job environment. Had me seriously considering an occupation change.

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