I read a really good article today. Excellent: http://programmingzen.com/2010/07/04/the-pursuit-of-excellence-in-programming/. It’s really an article I have to re read and incorporate things from it to my daily actions. One of them is to read and write some code every day. Not at work. But on my own. Another one is to read code as well. And yet another one is to read a chapter from a book every day.
Every day?
Yeah.
Not only that. I cannot go to sleep if I don’t do all 3.
I think this sounds like a plan. I really do. I think I can improve my skills a great deal by following these simple rules and goals. I have to think about this for a while and create a plan.
Another great tip from the author is to use Pomodoro technique. I already found a Chrome plugin, ChromoDoro. You basically do work for 25 minutes, rest for 5. After 4 cycles, you are allowed to take a longer break. I think this might work for me.