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by omosubi 2051 days ago
My lack of focus. I pair programmed with a colleague the other day and her ability to focus without losing sight of a goal was incredible. We were debugging for like 3 hours without dropping a beat and i can't go without a distraction for like a half hour. I'm guessing you're asking about this to generate business ideas though
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Somsone did turn this into a business idea - big pharma. Some devs take amphetamines to increase focus. There are physicians who will prescribe Adderall for you to do better at your job, although it's a bit of a grey area and you'll have to shop around to find one.
Yeah true, I try and avoid pharmaceuticals though. Even caffeine makes me really jittery and uncomfortable.
I try to avoid all that stuff too. I just wanted to bring it up since there's a portion of the coding population that use them.
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Find a pairing partner and pair program all the time?