In the Zone
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Depends on how long I spend drinking coffee and reading posts like this... :)
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
first thing in the morning it takes the first hour to start getting into the zone, because I use that hour for breakfast, the first coffee and reading the blogs that I follow. how quick depends on the task and the deadline pressure.
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?"
About 3 weeks, sometimes as little as 3 days, sometimes a month.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?"
When I'm in that zone I can't be interrupted by anything that doesn't go bang in a big way.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
I'm not allowed to get in the zone any more. I spend way too much time each day chasing up stuff like why our build doesn't work, why nobody is willing to make a firm decision regarding requirements, where is my salary appraisal that the head of the group of companies promised us we'd be having in December and January, why did the last build ignore 30+ tests, why people sign stuff off in JIRA as being ready to test when it's not feature complete, has no exception handling, no unit tests whatsoever and more to the point, doesn't bloody work at all. The zone is somewhere I used to go to be productive.
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?"
as soon as i start editing views and stored procedures directly from the live production database as client applications are connecting. ;P
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?"
As soon as my line manager learns of the damage done above
"Coming soon"
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Depends, if I've been thinking about a coding issue all night, as soon as I get in. I come in to work at 6:30 before the other code monkeys show up at 9 or so, so the mornings are my most productive time But I know when I'm in the zone when people start coming around to chit-chat.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Depends on the day, sometimes it's 15 minutes and sometimes I never manage it. I'm on CP a lot more on days where I don't get in ... Usually a small interruption merely suspends the zone, it doesn't break it, so resumption after the interruption is almost immediate (seconds).
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
After Reading the Lounge Post... :)
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?"
..did not happen (yet) at this company. Ten minutes when I'm at home.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?"
Depends on the project and the nature of the interruption.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
(The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
It's a state-of-mind that can also be found outside of coding-activities.
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Depends on the day, mostly between half an hour and an hour.
cheers Marco Bertschi
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
(The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The Zone isn't found, it's created. Contemplate your work before engaging in it and visualize the blue sphere of the zone in front of you. Notice the energy vortices and pulsations. With your mind, move the blue sphere of the zone towards you so that it encompasses your head. Feel the vibrations of the zonergy infusing into your brain. Breath deeply, increasing the frequency from a low hum to an ear piercing whine. Take the frequency even higher beyond the auditory range, until your whole body is experiencing the tingling ant-crawling sensation of ultrasonic energy imbuing itself into your very neurons. Focus that energy towards your fingertips. Move your hand slowly to the keyboard, and begin coding, in the Zone. Marc
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
(The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The Zone isn't found, it's created. Contemplate your work before engaging in it and visualize the blue sphere of the zone in front of you. Notice the energy vortices and pulsations. With your mind, move the blue sphere of the zone towards you so that it encompasses your head. Feel the vibrations of the zonergy infusing into your brain. Breath deeply, increasing the frequency from a low hum to an ear piercing whine. Take the frequency even higher beyond the auditory range, until your whole body is experiencing the tingling ant-crawling sensation of ultrasonic energy imbuing itself into your very neurons. Focus that energy towards your fingertips. Move your hand slowly to the keyboard, and begin coding, in the Zone. Marc
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Latest Article: User Authentication on Ruby on Rails - the definitive how to
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
About 5 mins usually.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Zone? We don't need no steenking zones!
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When you start work for the day, how long does it take for you to get into "The Zone?" And when you're interrupted, how long does it take to get back into "The Zone?" (The Zone is the place where we are feeling that we're coding our best.)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Lot's of coffee and an hour or so with the CP Daily News and Lounge has become the routine...I get irritable if either is in short supply. As for recovering from interruptions and getting back to work, it shouldn't take that long...my weakness at this point is what I choose to do after the interruption. __; break.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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how long does it take till im in the zone ? hm :^) like 17 hours i guess ? best time in the "Zone" is about 2am no ones around and disturbs me ... till the sun goes up ...
is this a signature ?
David Goebet wrote:
best time in the "Zone" is about 2am
I agree. My best zone time is always at night.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Depends, if I've been thinking about a coding issue all night, as soon as I get in. I come in to work at 6:30 before the other code monkeys show up at 9 or so, so the mornings are my most productive time But I know when I'm in the zone when people start coming around to chit-chat.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
S Houghtelin wrote:
But I know when I'm in the zone when people start coming around to chit-chat.
:laugh:
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
