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  2. Newbie programmer

    in Introduce Yourself

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    33 minutes ago, Vort said:

    From personal experience, I would very heavily discourage drinking Mountain Death. If you drink it, you will get addicted to the caffeine, and it will probably make you sick, give you a constant headache, etc. It is totally not worth it.

    I live in Redmond, WA, and there are probably a dozen or more developers in my ward. As far as I know, none of the active (membership-wise) developers drinks coffee. Being near Seattle and primarily at Microsoft, that says something. Coffee drinking is in no possible way synonymous with or necessary for a successful programming career, smart-alek comments notwithstanding. Eat well, take good care of yourself, get some exercise, and you will find no need at all for stimulants.

    @vort that seems to be the best advice. I thought about some healthy snacks and taking @zil advice and walking the tiresome off. Thanks for the advice

  3. Newbie programmer

    in Introduce Yourself

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    1 minute ago, zil said:

    Ah, yawn work.  Gotcha.  Break your day into 50-minute intervals.  Work for 50 minutes, then get up and do anything else for 10 minutes - wander the office reading emails, get a drink of water, or whatever.  Then go back for another 50-minutes.  Your brain will find this easier to tolerate. :)

    Just don't get too much of it on the keyboard... ;)

    Yeah it's pretty mundane but gives me the boost i would need knowing the sql stuff

  4. Newbie programmer

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    2 minutes ago, zil said: 
    
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    As to the original question, I agree 100% with Jane - get enough sleep at the same time and for the same duration every night (even weekends), routine (as far as your wake / sleep and work schedules - the body likes routine), exercise, eat well - in other words, follow the WoW and similar scriptures. If I had to rate one as most important, it would be getting enough sleep - too many people think they can do without, but they clearly can't - if they could, they wouldn't be looking for caffeine and 5-hour energy drinks, and other artificial ways to compensate for lack of sleep; nor would they get sick as much and take as long to recover from illness.  Your body actively fights caffeine in a way that tries to make you tired, which is why you need more - it's an escalating battle between the caffeine dosage and your body's response to it.  So just don't do it.  If you're already addicted, wean yourself off it.

    Alternately, find more interesting things to code. ;)

    Thanks zil. I'm not necessarily addicted to caffeine, I'll have a soft every now and then, but not like i have to have one.  I can't drink those high caffinated drinks because it feels like my blood pressure is out the roof. As far as my project, i just got hired into an awesome company and they got themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. We are waiting for a dev environment to make mistakes so i am stuck reading sql sp and fx all day and learning the db structure. 

  8. Newbie programmer

    in Introduce Yourself

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    8 minutes ago, MormonGator said:

    Be careful bro. Every time I try to spice things up, @pam threatens to kick me out. Apparently she has a problem with four letter words and frequent polygamy references. 

    Well i don't like certain for letter words and we don't believe in polygamy....

  10. Newbie programmer

    in Introduce Yourself

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    Pam, i guess i could have related to everyone who looks at a computer all day,  but i was thinking programmers because all we do (almost 24/7) is figure out what the last developer did, add our new code, debug....we are just in a vicious cycle, but it really is cool.

     

    Estralding, that's what do during my breaks i also stand in my cubicle and read the code. I need to start exercising but i had just moved and just started this new job so i am just everywhere lol.

  12. Newbie programmer

    in Introduce Yourself

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    My name is Robert DeSautel and I would like to reach out to all other programmers that follow the WoW. I have recently had a career change into programming and i am having a hard time keeping eyes open without falling into coffee. Is there something else that i can drink or something to start productive?

     

    Please help me I love this career field..