There's also a tendency to measure programmer productivity by how many contributions the programmer can make to a project.Under certain version control systems these are called "commits". They list out a set of changes that the programmer wishes to make to the code. In an era of social coding sites like Github and Gitlab we can easily review what other programmers are committing. Since we can measure the number of commits, we can use this measurement to feel that we're not generating the same number and frequency of commits as other programmers. And unlike measurements of old (lines of code in particular, which measures how many lines of code a programmer adds to a program) we can review the quality of their commits to a project. It can be daunting to see a lot of quality work done by our peers. It can also be source of frustration and feelings of inadequacy. "Why can't I be as productive or contribute as this other person?" we ask ourselves.
-Even more frustrating is when others use these metrics to judge productivity and code contributions. We we may find ourselves being criticized for our output (or lack thereof).
+Even more frustrating is when others use these metrics to judge productivity and code contributions. We may find ourselves being criticized for our output (or lack thereof).
Commits and lines of code are the most visible measurement of coding productivity, but they don't show much about the actual practice of programming. We can't measure the amount of time thinking about the problem just by looking at a commit. We don't see the mounds of reference material the programmer used in order to figure out a solution, and we certainly don't know if this commit is the result of one afternoon of work or many days of work (unless they commit more often). We might even find out that this person is acting as the focal point of an organization and is folding the work of multiple folks into their commits.
I also am grateful for the work of Leo Babauta of [Zen Habits][5] which provided me the ideas of mindfulness and focus containers. They have been transformative in my own work, as this book demonstrates. I committed to spending at least 10 minutes each morning writing each section, and the results are the work you see before you.
-Thank you to those who helped me directly with this project. Thank you to my mom, Sharon Maloney, for help in my editing of this book. Any mist steaks what remain are an responsibilities of the author. Thank you to Beau Sheldon for reviewing the chapter on mental health and for helping me to better understand and highlight areas where folks struggle. Thank you to my friend, David Revoy, for his amazing cover art and for his inspiration throughout the project. Thank you to Esteban Manchado Velázquez for adding CSS and cleaning up the HTML version of the text. Thank you to the beta readers for your valuable comments and feedback in the Framagit Repository, including (in alphabetical order by handle or first name): Brendan Kidwell, D. Joe Anderson, David Revoy, Eric Hallam, Jer Lance, Matthew Piccinato, Matthew Balch, Midgard, Nicholas Guarracino, RJ Quiralta, Valvin, and Wilhelm Fitzpatrick.
+Thank you to those who helped me directly with this project. Thank you to my mom, Sharon Maloney, for help in my editing of this book. Any mist steaks what remain are an responsibilities of the author. Thank you to Beau Sheldon for reviewing the chapter on mental health and for helping me to better understand and highlight areas where folks struggle. Thank you to my friend, David Revoy, for his amazing cover art and for his inspiration throughout the project. Thank you to Esteban Manchado Velázquez for adding CSS and cleaning up the HTML version of the text. Thank you to the beta readers for your valuable comments and feedback in the Framagit Repository, including (in alphabetical order by handle or first name): Brendan Kidwell, D. Joe Anderson, David Revoy, Eric Hallam, Jer Lance, Matthew Piccinato, Matthew Balch, Midgard, Nicholas Guarracino, RJ Quiralta, Valvin, and Wilhelm Fitzpatrick. Thank you to Paco Esteban for editing fixes.
My deepest gratitude goes to my wife JoDee and my parents for their support and belief in me. Words cannot express the love and thanks I have for you.