Hey everyone!
I know that I have been through those days where I felt as if there’s nothing to do. Well, we all pretty much have them, especially as just a developer.
Or don’t you? If you don’t, then you are the exception 😉
But we’ll talk about the rule here.
Being free with work, you’re still working regardless, just in a different mode. This one is more on thought processing.
One example is you can always do research on making something better with your app. This reward in itself gives you the experience to tackle something similar later on, and faster! It’s probably the most time consuming, but it is well worth it.
Another example is if you really want, you can also talk with your lead if any help is needed. If there is something he/she will delegate, then that is for you to do 🙂
Then we also have non-priority to do items. Depending on the difficulty and the task’s modification, this is also ideal to also make yourself worry-free about it in the future. Being caught up shows everyone how awesome you can be!
There are many more examples, but some are just being thrown out there to help you decide what is good for you in the current moment.
Now if that new task will take a few days, then that will help you become preoccupied with something work related. During this time, you can plan for that next to do task. It can be improving the task by refactoring the current implementation, or something new just as the examples above. Whatever it is, just note that each passing day gives some sort of accomplishment.
And don’t worry about failure. It is a path to success in your career. I fail all the time with something that doesn’t work as intended, but that doesn’t stop me to find a solution to that problem I’m solving.
We all also know those rock stars that reached their fame. They never stopped, they just kept on going. Therefore, rock on, rock star 😉
Until next time!
Brian.