3. :) That's probably an example of posting life advice which is applicable only to people in the same situation. Which is very common, saying "this worked for me, I don't know if it's appropriate for you, but I can't judge, so I'm just going to throw it out there". Sometimes people make it clear that's what they're doing, sometimes they just state it baldly. I try to avoid that, but sometimes play it up if I do end up doing it...
For me, I definitely like computers but if I procrastinate on a computer when I'm supposed to be working (i) my eyes get tired, and so I keep dragging out the procrastination and then switching away without starting work and (ii) I develop bad habits that don't associate "in front of IDE" with "at work"...
4. Good point, I think it's another case of overgeneralisation a la #3. Hm, I want to write more about this point in a bit.
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Date: 2010-04-20 12:21 pm (UTC)2. Thank you.
3. :) That's probably an example of posting life advice which is applicable only to people in the same situation. Which is very common, saying "this worked for me, I don't know if it's appropriate for you, but I can't judge, so I'm just going to throw it out there". Sometimes people make it clear that's what they're doing, sometimes they just state it baldly. I try to avoid that, but sometimes play it up if I do end up doing it...
For me, I definitely like computers but if I procrastinate on a computer when I'm supposed to be working (i) my eyes get tired, and so I keep dragging out the procrastination and then switching away without starting work and (ii) I develop bad habits that don't associate "in front of IDE" with "at work"...
4. Good point, I think it's another case of overgeneralisation a la #3. Hm, I want to write more about this point in a bit.