Programmer’s work might look easy, but it turns out to be stressful to many programmers. Most programmers would complain about being unproductive — they should work eight hours per day, but these eight hours turn into 2 or 3 hours of work. By Nuha Khaled.
Coding for a long time needs lots of focus, and that causes fatigue, especially when this long focus includes long hours of sitting, analyzing, problem-solving, and just coding! At that point, the programmer feels they can’t reach a solution anymore, can’t focus anymore, and are getting a severe headache.
The article is paying attention to:
- What everyone recommends?
- What is an activity break?
- How can we use it as programmers?
List of example activities for programmer which can be used for acitivity break:
- Coding
- Problem analyzing
- Brainstorming
- Meetings
- Planning my working day
- Responding to emails
- Writing documents
In brief, we usually are doing a primary activity when working, and to refresh, we just need to take a break from the activity, not from the entire work! Changing the activity alone is not enough if they both have the same method. So, problem-solving might not be a break for you from coding, as both need focusing for example. Good read!
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