[OT] Extra time spent

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 30 May 2014 at 14:56:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> I've actually been doing a lot less programming lately than I 
> used to. Even though programming is my day job, I actually 
> write pretty little code; I think I spend more time in meetings 
> talking about direction (or worse yet, reading third party 
> docs, ugh*) than I do actually coding.
>
> * Seriously, in the time it takes me to do anything with a 
> third party library I could have written my own twice over. It 
> is so tiring to use other people's code.

Plus, if there's a bug, you're stuck. I like to re-invent the 
wheel too, because existing wheels might not be fit for your 
purpose.

> But I rarely read programming blogs and books and so on 
> anymore, unless something interesting comes across the D group 
> (and even then I don't read every post anymore like i used to).

> I kinda want to get back into writing stuff on my spare time, 
> especially now that the book is done, but eh, I'm just so lazy 
> and if given the choice to, for example, go clean up the side 
> of the road with the missionaries or sitting here reading more 
> reddit, I'll grab the trash bag and hit the street.