I am a technically minded person. I kind of have to be given that I work in IT. One of the reasons I am good at IT (Geoff, back me up here!) is that I love to develop my own stuff. That's great for my employers because they get an obvious benefit from that tinkering, but I am really doing it because I like it.
I call it hobby development because I do it on my own time, it doesn't make any money and I don't get any time to do it. Sounds like a hobby right? Ring any bells with you???
There is a major problem with this hobby developer (and not any of the problems that are currently going through your mind). The problem is that I start developing a project because I have a good idea or I want to achieve something. So there I go, developing this latest idea. I get part way through the project and realise that I really need [insert name or purpose here] tool/utility to help me continue in the original project. So I start working on a new project. Part way through that project, I realise that I need [insert name........
You can see where this is going. This is one of the reasons that this time-limited hobby developer struggles to get stuff done. BTW, stuff does get done though.
What I want to know, is does this happen to anyone else? I have this sudden desire to see that I am not the only one. Perhaps there is hope. :)
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