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Are you a procrastinator?

Survey period: 12 May 2014 to 19 May 2014

We're a fairly driven bunch, us developers, but are we a creative excuses bunch?

OptionVotes% 
Constantly28414.46
I often procrastinate47123.98
Sometimes64432.79
Rarely1789.06
No way - get it done. Now.814.12
I was about to answer this question but had something else I really needed to do first.30615.58



 
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GeneralFor me, something DID actually come up... Pin
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GeneralI do it and make my mind free! Pin
Ravimal Bandara13-May-14 7:10
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GeneralMy subconscious makes me do it. Pin
BrainiacV13-May-14 5:54
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There are times I want to work on a project, but my subconscious makes me hesitate.

I've learned to listen to it. It is trying to tell me the immediate solution is not the best solution and that I need to think about it some more.

Not stare at it until I have a solution, but to somehow let the background processes mull it over while I do other things.

I generally find that when I do that, I come up with a much more elegant solution.

Sometimes I wake up and a new and novel solution is in the forefront of my mind.

I don't know how it works, it just does. Particularly on hard problems.
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GeneralThere are 2 time I get things done Pin
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GeneralI constantly fight it! Pin
n.podbielski12-May-14 23:03
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GeneralLet me do another important task first Pin
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GeneralPurposeful procrastination Pin
Mark Lloyd Baker12-May-14 8:20
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rriegel13-May-14 12:55
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GeneralI'll need to think about this Pin
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GeneralRe: I'll need to think about this Pin
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