Embrace the Grind

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The daily grind is necessary and often what separates hobbyists from pros, but it can quickly hijack you from focusing on your creative genius to becoming reactive and getting caught up in the minutiae of running a business.

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At some point you will discover the Right Way to program, the thing which makes this all make sense , and you'll be convinced that the whole field would be so much better off if everybody else programmed the Right Way, too. For me the Right Way was test-driven development; for you it might be functional programming, lisp, formal methods or one of a

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I was talking to a friend the other day about life hacks and he said: what if life hacks, in the end, make you a hack? No one wants to be a hack. A hack job is a job poorly done. No matter how much we glorify hacks as workarounds to success, nothing gets you there except actual work. The grind, the hustle, the hours on end putting your head down an... See more

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Emily Thompson • Being Boss: Take Control of Your Work and Live Life on Your Own Terms

Dec. 19 • Advice for new software devs who've read all those other advice essays

Martin Brodsky • How to Life Hack

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