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How do you stay focused for long term projects? (self.programming)

submitted 2 years ago by roxas2153 to c/[email protected]

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So, I have 2 months before I go to finish my last year in CS. Every time I sit down to start a project, I will work on it for a few days, and immediately stop working on it.

How do you stay focused for these long projects? Or what are some techniques that you follow to keep at it for longer stretches?

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[–] PapaTorque 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm not much of a programmer. I'm working on an android app for personal use though and for me I treat it like a physics problem.

Break it down into smaller less daunting tasks learn how to do a small piece, practice that a bit, then play with it until I can incorporate it into my app. If I get bored with one part of it I switch gears and work on a different piece.

Breaking it into smaller pieces let's me have a lot of small accomplishments when I learn something new and incorporate it. The small accomplishments give me a good dopamine rush and keep me motivated.

[–] ug01x 2 points 2 years ago

This is definitely the way to do it in my opinion. I always feel way better about my projects the more granular I can make them.

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