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Finding the Programming Zone?

Posted by Cliff on from the attaning-coder-nirvana dept.

SlashDotDashDot asks: "As a developer for 20+ years, I've developed a fairly fine tuned way to find 'The Zone' for optimal programming - a combination of furniture arrangement (PC and chair), lighting and music. I also have a pretty good sense of what time of day is best for working on a particular set of problems. But this is what works for me. My company is growing and I'm needing to mediate working conditions between my clients and consultants. This has me wondering what others have found important for finding 'The Zone' in their programming lives. How fast can you get there? How long does it last? What do you do that helps keep that state? What are the major interrupters?" We also touched on this issue in a similar article, last year. However, many of you may have ways of attaining "the zone" that don't depend on any of the factors listed above. If you have a method that works for you, please share. It may work for others.

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  1. while Kathleen Fent sucks my dick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I usually find that I work most efficiently when I have that bitch sucking my dick. After I creme all over her face, she usually goes straight for my asshole.

  2. Re:Liquid Crack.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After my adiction went up to 2 liters a day, I decided that I was killing myself. After a couple of false starts, I kicked caffine completely. But only with the help of liberal amounts of diet Sprite. Now I'm off both.

    At first I was sleeping better, and had a better attitude. That phase is now over, and I'm right where I was. Maybe I'd feel better with a nice diet Coke.

  3. Re:Liquid Crack.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Diet Crack

  4. Women and Sex? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    none of you mention women or sex? or men for females. nothing gets me in the zone like when i just had an orgasm.

    1. Re:Women and Sex? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is what usually distracts me.

  5. Re:The Zone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You have a mullet don't you? Fucking white trash nigger lover.

  6. Re:Here's how I do it. by Hard_Code · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Uh, wouldn't ANWR give us only 6 months of oil? Ok, let's say it gives us a whole year of oil. We'll be SOL after that, so what exactly would it accomplish? Wouldn't investment in alternative (preferably renewable) energy sources be a better idea?

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