• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What if my whole problem is I don’t know what I need or what kind of help I could use?

    Whenever I work a job that’s too complex for me, part of the problem is I can’t clearly define what the heck is going on to even know what kind of thing would help.

    It’s like my brain just start blanking out.

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        1 year ago

        I think the root cause is the complexity. I do a lot better in jobs where the situations might change but the rules don’t. In programming, everything is changing all the time and I can’t keep up. There’s no repetition and if you are repeating yourself you’re doing it wrong.

        I need parts of the day when I’m not being creative within a formally strict environment. It takes too much processing power for my brain to do that, and it overworks me.

        I know the root cause and the problem is solved because I’m working jobs that have complexity within the range I can handle.

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          1 year ago

          > I think the root cause is the complexity.

          Split the problem into manageable chunks, then attack the chunks. Apply recursion as needed.

          This is part of a more senior skillset, as some times a senior will be breaking up the problem and assigning the smaller pieces to other devs.