Founders at Work
Object Thinking- David West
Showstopper!
12th Dec 09
hrishDo that side project.
How many times have you told yourself
- I’ll start that open source project I’ve been thinking of
- I’ll write that utility which will make my job easier
- I’ll enroll for that course on Artificial Intelligence and write that amazing recommendation system
and then did nothing?
Well, guess what. Time passes. Yes, really.
Anne Dillard said
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
Think about that for a moment.
Don’t waste time on thinking about when to think about planning to think about thinking about when to start thinking about doing it. Do it now.
Here are some more resources on the subject -
- Shut up and Hack – http://www.slideshare.net/bluesmoon/shut-up-and-hack
- Do it Now – http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/do-it-now.htm
- Do it Fucking now – http://seoblackhat.com/2007/01/29/do-it-fucking-now/
- Chris Wanstrath’s keynote – http://gist.github.com/6443
deepthi
December 17th, 2009 at 17:03
very true….the links provided are too gud.really motivating
hrish
December 17th, 2009 at 18:41
Thanks, Deepthi
haris
December 24th, 2009 at 01:17
yeah… but we donn get much time isnt it ?
All work and no pay makes __ a dull programmer
hrish
December 24th, 2009 at 07:23
@haris: The trick is to find the time
Time is always there.
haris
December 24th, 2009 at 16:52
For the point” I’ll write that utility which will make my job easier”
– ya I found time ..
I wrote this stupid (ie not high class/perfect) tool for the project I was working… (self initiative ..
for fun)
which helped team to test APIs with a simple tool… I learned new language and frameworks
http://code.google.com/p/firetester
and I blog occasionally.. to feed the world
not so world class programmer yet …
problem is paradox of choice
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6127548813950043200#
but delusional grandiosity – “I know everything” ruin most of the programmers
whining and self-loathing is part of human life
from the short experience I had in programming I realize that… there are always a better programmer than oneself and genius programmers are a myth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SARbwvhupQ
harisgx
December 24th, 2009 at 17:00
For the point” I’ll write that utility which will make my job easier”
– ya I find some time ..
I wrote this stupid (ie not high class/perfect) tool for the project I was working… (self initiative ..
for fun)
which helped team to test APIs with a simple tool… I learned new language and frameworks
http://code.google.com/p/firetester
and I blog occasionally.. to feed the world
not so world class programmer yet …
problem is paradox of choice
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6127548813950043200#
but delusional grandiosity – “I know everything” ruin most of the programmers
whining and self-loathing is part of human life
from the short experience I had in programming I realize that… there are always a better programmer than oneself and genius programmers are a myth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SARbwvhupQ
harisgx
December 24th, 2009 at 17:53
For the point” I’ll write that utility which will make my job easier”
– ya I find some time ..
I wrote this stupid tool for the project I was working… (self initiative ..
for fun)
which helped team to test APIs with a simple tool… I learned new language and frameworks
http://code.google.com/p/firetester
and I blog occasionally.. to feed the world
not so world class programmer yet …
problem is paradox of choice
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6127548813950043200#
but delusional grandiosity – “I know everything” ruin most of the programmers
whining and self-loathing is part of human life
from the short experience I had in programming I realize that… there are always a better programmer than oneself and genius programmers are a myth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SARbwvhupQ
harisgx
December 24th, 2009 at 20:24
some issues with internet
harisgx
December 24th, 2009 at 20:26
thats y comments got repeated
hrish
December 26th, 2009 at 17:45
@haris: firetester looks interesting. Some documentation would be nice – so that people can have a quick glimpse into its capabilities without running it.
Asha Tampa
June 15th, 2010 at 11:24
Nice post! Not relevant to just programmers, but for us mortals, too
“Don’t waste time on thinking about when to think about planning to think about thinking about when to start thinking about doing it.” – That’s a tough sentence!
hrish
June 15th, 2010 at 12:16
@Asha – Tough, yes. But that’s what most of do – go around in circles, trying to convince ourselves that something cannot be done – when that time could have been spent in just doing it.