Jerod

And so I tend to get to a line of code faster perhaps than he would, but younger him would be with me.

And so I tend to get to a line of code faster perhaps than he would, but younger him would be with me.

Yeah, are we talking about sitting at the terminal and typing code into a text editor? Are we talking about actively trying to solve a problem of software? And I agree that you can absolutely and should and most of my good ideas come away from the keyboard. But then I got to come back to the keyboard and try stuff and find out. That idea kind of stinks actually.

Yeah, are we talking about sitting at the terminal and typing code into a text editor? Are we talking about actively trying to solve a problem of software? And I agree that you can absolutely and should and most of my good ideas come away from the keyboard. But then I got to come back to the keyboard and try stuff and find out. That idea kind of stinks actually.

You know, when I was walking down the road over there, it sounded like a brilliant idea. And then when I tried it, it wasn't so smart. So I think there's no... I would reword this.

You know, when I was walking down the road over there, it sounded like a brilliant idea. And then when I tried it, it wasn't so smart. So I think there's no... I would reword this.

I do think that once you're stuck, you should step away. Yeah. And you should step away way faster than I usually do. I probably waste hours. by not stepping away quicker. If I stepped up, but you know, the thing is, is like when you get stuck, Doesn't stepping away feel like you're just giving up? Like it feels like you're admitting failure and I don't want to be a failure.

I do think that once you're stuck, you should step away. Yeah. And you should step away way faster than I usually do. I probably waste hours. by not stepping away quicker. If I stepped up, but you know, the thing is, is like when you get stuck, Doesn't stepping away feel like you're just giving up? Like it feels like you're admitting failure and I don't want to be a failure.

I want to succeed in life. And so I'm going to sit here and figure this out, dog nabbit. But then I do finally admit that I can't figure it out right now. And I step away and I go take a shower or I go work out or I go ride a bike or whatever it is. And then right there, when I wasn't thinking about it pops in the actual other way I could do it, which is way similar and solves all my problems.

I want to succeed in life. And so I'm going to sit here and figure this out, dog nabbit. But then I do finally admit that I can't figure it out right now. And I step away and I go take a shower or I go work out or I go ride a bike or whatever it is. And then right there, when I wasn't thinking about it pops in the actual other way I could do it, which is way similar and solves all my problems.

It's going to just sink right back down again.

It's going to just sink right back down again.

Better world, you know? Well, some procrastination is really actually smart. The hard part is discovering what procrastination is smart and what is just lazy.

Better world, you know? Well, some procrastination is really actually smart. The hard part is discovering what procrastination is smart and what is just lazy.

Some problems go away while you're not doing them. And you realize, I never had to solve that problem. It disappeared while I was procrastinating. But other problems get bigger and hairier and worse while you don't do them. And knowing the difference is wisdom, right? That's everything.

Some problems go away while you're not doing them. And you realize, I never had to solve that problem. It disappeared while I was procrastinating. But other problems get bigger and hairier and worse while you don't do them. And knowing the difference is wisdom, right? That's everything.

Well, I've been in the industry a long time. I have a lot of failures under my belt, which I can learn from. I learned something from Gerhard years ago, which wasn't really him teaching me something. It's almost like he put words to something that I already knew, but then it reified, to use a term. And that was when I was visiting London for OSCON Europe or something like this.

Well, I've been in the industry a long time. I have a lot of failures under my belt, which I can learn from. I learned something from Gerhard years ago, which wasn't really him teaching me something. It's almost like he put words to something that I already knew, but then it reified, to use a term. And that was when I was visiting London for OSCON Europe or something like this.

And I visited Gerhard for the first time. We saw each other IRL for the first time. It was cool. Went out to lunch, hung out at the Pivotal office there and played some ping pong. And we were playing ping pong and I don't know if they call it ping pong or table tennis over there. I can't recall. Gerhard could straighten us out on that. But he's very into it.

And I visited Gerhard for the first time. We saw each other IRL for the first time. It was cool. Went out to lunch, hung out at the Pivotal office there and played some ping pong. And we were playing ping pong and I don't know if they call it ping pong or table tennis over there. I can't recall. Gerhard could straighten us out on that. But he's very into it.