Re: Starting the new job

[Curlymoe115]

Software engineers tend to be highly focused individuals who are swept away by their passions and forget to eat, sleep, shower or anything else when they are in the zone. So tell him that when you are concentrating you block out the world and that if it is really important to call because you won’t hear anything else. This is a good job for a hyperfocusser because you really are encouraged to go with it. Know lots of programmers and they all get carried away from the world when they are working on applications. Find out if your new boss is concerned about a certain number of meetings, when and where these are going to take place. The other problem with working at home is the personal distractions that you need to avoid. Also when you get into the project and you telecommute it is tempting to get up in the middle of the night to just do one more thing. So you are also going to have to try and stay “out of the office” except during work times or you are going to burn out and get bored really fast. I’m a hacker so I had a really hard time with the organization of material. Sit down, throw code at it and execute to see if it worked, but I know the proper way to do it was to write it out first, check your work and then sit down and code. My way was just more immediate. And that is why I am not a programmer. So if you are making a living doing this you must be good so therefore you should cut yourself some slack and just work through the problems.

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