From: Craig Maloney Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:25:58 +0000 (-0500) Subject: More editing and additions for ch. 7 X-Git-Tag: 20200112^2~86 X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aaef533924fe6621da3650b889411484aa3ad6c2;p=themediocreprogrammer.git More editing and additions for ch. 7 --- diff --git a/chapter07.md b/chapter07.md index 5b2e54b..1a1b576 100644 --- a/chapter07.md +++ b/chapter07.md @@ -116,9 +116,11 @@ You will experience periods of burnout in your programming career. Things will c ### FIXME -One of the most challenging aspects of programming that I've seen is in reaching out and asking others for help. We tend to avoid it because we don't want to seem foolish or less of a capable programmer. We might have had instances where we've asked for help only to be told that we didn't do enough research into the issue we're having. It's difficult for us to admit that we need to rely on others for support. Often there's the feeling that asking questions or asking for help is a sign of weakness. If we can't do everything on our own then perhaps we're unworthy of being considered a programmer. We begin to attack our knowledge and consider ourselves a fraud for needing external support. Or we worry that we'll become a burden for asking for so much help when we struggle. +One of the most challenging aspects of programming that I've seen is in reaching out and asking others for help. We tend to avoid it because we don't want to seem foolish or less of a capable programmer. We might have had instances where we've asked for help only to be told that we didn't do enough research into the issue we're having. It's difficult for us to admit that we need to rely on others for support. Often there's the feeling that asking questions or asking for help is a sign of weakness. If we can't do everything on our own then perhaps we're unworthy of being considered a programmer. We discount our knowledge and label ourselves a fraud for needing external support. -This can also be magnified if you've had issues with learning in the past or are suffering from PTSD, chronic fatigue, or any number of physical, mental, or emotional constraints. +There's also the fear that we'll become a burden if we ask for help when we struggle. These feelings can be magnified if we've had issues with learning, or are suffering from PTSD, chronic fatigue, or any number of physical, mental, or emotional constraints. There's the tendency to want to do more for ourselves, even if that is unlikely to work for us. + +I know from my own experience that ## Giving up