Haven't be able to focus at work
Posted by cooking-chef-2000@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 9 comments
I have four years of experience as a mid level and perform exceptionally well with great reviews, but recently, I've been taking a gutter punch to that performance where I don't seem to want to code or do anything engineering related despite doing well at the job.
When I open my laptop, I attend my meetings, and do the required stuff, but I can't seem to find the motivation to do my tickets.
My work life balance is also great and the work is very reasonable so I don't know why I feel like I have no motivation to do the work. Great team, good work, workload is very healthy, absolutely nothing is wrong
What's going on? I feel completely normal
Bicykwow@reddit
You're going to get a whole lot of people insisting you have ADHD. I'm not writing this to say it's impossible, but please approach that possibility with a heavy dose of skepticism. Amphetamines should never be a first-line solution.
unconceivables@reddit
On the other hand a lot of us have gone most of our lives not knowing we had ADHD and finally got diagnosed and amphetamines were a life saver we wish we had known about earlier.
The_Right_Trousers@reddit
Indeed. I have ADHD and I take amphetamines, and my first-line solutions aren't those. They're proper sleep and making sure I'm intellectually challenged and socially engaged (the latter because extravert).
nanobot_1000@reddit
WE BEG TO DIFFER
shiny0metal0ass@reddit
All I'm saying is that I recently had this pop up and it went away with a little Vyvanse.
fakeclown@reddit
I no longer look for that satisfaction at work. As long as, I hold up my responsibility and receive my paycheck, that's the end of work.
My work also has good life balance so I use that to play with technology I am interested in.
I have realized that work has lots of problem solving, but it's not always. There are also lots of alignment, planning, and reviewing.
Work also have a fixed problem solving pattern. There is a pattern for solving the business domain that the organization has established. You can introduce a new pattern, but it will take time to proof and adopt.
So I look for the extra kick in problem solving outside of work when needed. I'd pick up technical book or dive into an open source project.
MexicanFoodTaco@reddit
You attend meetings for what purpose? Wym do the required stuff? Required to do your work or because somebody else’s work is that you are in a meeting. Wym recently? You’re probably feeling guilty of “slacking” yet the bigger picture tells you are surprised by this disengagement so it’s not totally on yours that’s good.
BigDickedAngel@reddit
lol totally normal....eventually work becomes mundane....but I promise you....if you like programming, it beats the hell out of everything else even if you don't like programming at work. Nothing stopping you from developing interesting stuff in your free time....work pays the bills. That being said....don't feel like you have to code outside of the office....enjoy your free time. You said you have a good work/life balance....the problem is you don't know how to make use of it.
Simple-Box1223@reddit
You’ve probably figured it out already and realised that a lot of this work can be quite boring, if you operate as a ticket taker.