From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2006-03-30T23:13:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Learn to Program, by Chris Pine

kj WOOLLEY wrote:
> On 29/03/06, Jan_K <non@none.com> wrote:
> [snip]
>> I feel like beating the shit out of some punching bag somewhere. Is
>> this a normal reaction when one is trying to learn to program for the
>> first time?
> 
> I've been programming for over 20 years and I *still* feel like that
> sometimes.  While I can't say what way is definitively best to deal
> with it, I tend to take a five or ten minute walk when I get to
> feeling like that.  Often, by time that that's done, I've got a fresh
> idea for how to approach the problem, or I've thought of something I
> may be missing.

Good advice.

See also the Programming and Development episodes of Ward's "EPISODES:
A Pattern Language of Competitive Development" available
at http://c2.com/ppr/titles.html and the episode failure notes from
his Seattle XP talk: http://www.seapig.org/WardCunningham

Regards,
--
Bil
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