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Smoothing out the peaks and valleys (self.experienced_devs)

submitted 1 year ago by deadbeef to c/experienced_devs

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Hiya

If you're at all like me, there's the manic periods of development, where things get done... and there are the lulls. What do you like to do in those lulls? Do you have a bin of fun work shit to do? Do you watch videos? Touch grass? Socialize?

Just curious

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[–] jadero 5 points 1 year ago

One of the things I used to say, probably beginning in my 40s, was "I'm getting too old for this shit."

There were certainly occasions when I acted on it, but it didn't really become the heart of a philosophy until well into my 50s. By then it had transformed into just plain "I'm too old for this shit."

I just retired at 66, and am starting to think that maybe workplaces and social "obligations" would be much improved if more people started living it earlier in life.