Being a tech guy it becomes so hard to tackle complexities, Debugging, Folder structure, APIs, File not found, Logic, Coding and Writing efficient code. How did you focus on the logic when you were asked to join four tables in your code to display the data dynamically to the user.
In short, we just want to ask one question. How did you maintain your focus as a software developer for all the task you were given to implement, for all the problems you were asked to solve, for all the bugs you were asked to resolve.
Developing is a challenging job and it’s not easy to maintain focus when there are so many distractions around you. For any task you’re given, you need to first understand the problem, you need to think about all the case scenarios and you need to pick up the right tools and technologies to implement the solution which is effective.
Some tips
- Set your goal:
Many developers in software development do not plan the things for the software they are going to build. For most developers, it’s just a waste of time. They think that it’s good to spend time on development and take the decisions along the way instead of spending time on getting into the details of every single part of the application and thinking about the chunks they won’t develop.
Basically your application is depending on small steps, you have to take small decisions regarding the feature you are going to implement. It is not like that you have to think about the whole application. You just need to resolve simple tasks and it will make day by day your application to the level of requirement.
2. Avoid Distractions
Distractions are the part of work, but you need to pull it off and to be focused during work. Distractions varies different from people to people but it the end everything is just disturbed.
When you’re working on your task, give your time only to yourself and your work. No social media, no interaction with colleagues, no plans for the upcoming holidays or movies, etc. In short no distraction.
3. Organizing Work
In a messy code, we don’t understand the flow or a lot of things happening in the application. Searching for a specific thing is taking a lot of time. We start thinking that firstly we need to organize and clean up the code, and then we will be able to continue our task. Most of the time developers don’t want to work on messy code.
4. Organize Task
In software development, you will be given a lot of tasks. You will be asked to deliver some of them on a priority basis and some tasks would have less priority. Here you need to identify which task is essential to deliver first. Arrange your tasks and set priority for each one of them. You can give preferences to each task depending on the complexity of it and depending on the modules connected with each other.
Understand your responsibilities and your ability. Don’t be too ambitious, you will burn out. Don’t get into too much comfort zone, it’s also harmful. Make a balance and you will become focused and productive.
Conclusion
We have discussed some hacks to maintain your focus in coding but remember that software development is a field where sometimes you will enjoy your work too much and sometimes you will be given a lot of dull tasks in plain sight. Sometimes you will get some tasks where your skills won’t match. In those situations, you will struggle and you will find it’s hard to maintain focus. We have shared some tips and hacks but in certain situations, you will have to find your own way to charge yourself and to maintain your focus.