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I remember the moment I wrote my first ever function (1994) in what was then called Access Basic. I had taken one class in Turbo Pascal up to that point, but didn't understand it. I was handy with spreadsheets and understood what functions were. But I was trying to bridge over to databases, and everything looked strange. I don't remember what my function did, but I remember straining to understand how to solve a certain problem I was having at the moment, then having a flash of understanding how a function would help me. I distinctly remember getting up to take a walk around the building on my college campus where I was. I don't really have a victory ritual as such these days. It feels like every victory comes a dozen more action items.
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In baseball terms it's called a homerun
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I am 66, I agree with the walk around time involved in some projects. I started
out writing assembly code, some new, some "maintenance" which really meant chasing
down reasons why the code misbehaved.
Right now I am back in the embedded C (not C++) world in what will probably be my
last full time job. The company is looking to move from one hardware platform to
another and what is now stable code will become unstable once the switch starts. I
have been tasked with understanding twenty year old code with an eye towards adapting
it to new hardware - not rewrite but re-fit. Going to be fun.
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Absolutely. It is time to take half a day off. But first I have to deal with the urgent bodily needs that have been building up while I've been so concentrated on the task.
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i can relate to your entire comment![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
~d~
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I usually found that the get-up-and-walk-around time was during the analysis period.
Get the algorithm and data in my head, then go for a walk and let it roll around in there. What am I overlooking? What assumptions have I made that need to be challenged? etc, etc.
Then I had a plan of attack, and got into the debug work.
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My get up and walk around moments are usual during debug sessions. Drop the debug session for something completely different and behold when I return I find the bug. This also works when writing on gnarling code. BTW, I'm 74 yr old coder and I also have had those joyful moments of satisfaction.
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i have seen this behavior in a colleague. he worked hard for hours, maybe days. and just when he would conquer the problem, he'd get up and walk around teasing people. he was so happy. that's one of the possible "Get Up And Walk Around Moments", it doesn't mean it's you.
i do have my "Get Up And Walk Around Moments", but they are much before i find a solution.
seems that i'm incapable of solving a nontrivial problem right there, in front of the monitor looking at the code. so, whenever i have to think hard i get up and walk aimlessly in the office. but best results i get when walk during the break hour. it's the only time when i am mentally productive, the rest is just writing boilerplate code.
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I know exactly what you mean. I have these moments in coding, but also in other endeavors like fine art, writing, and any problem-solving that takes more than the usual effort.
Thanks for posting this; it makes me feel more part of a community. 
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Unbelievable, *BUT* the military assault on Ukraine, these days, is a tragedy that the whole World and mankind have not known since the terrorist attack on New York and the Pentagon, on September 11th, 2001. Remember?? ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)  . Horrible and scared about that!!!
modified 28-Feb-22 8:03am.
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Not sure why we need so many Ukrainian war posts here in the Lounge.
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The trouble with that is that we also have Russian members - and they probably view the situation rather differently, just as the Palestinians and the Israelis see their conflict from different viewpoints.
And while I personally agree with you, and don't object to your posts the fact remains that this is a political situation, and such matters are banned in the Lounge.
We'd hate to lose you - to the war or the Ban Hammer - but I'd suggest that there are better forums / sites for this before someone with an opposing view starts getting upset. Not a threat, not a warning - just some friendly advice.
Good luck, and stay safe - you and yours will me in our minds until this is over.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'm apologizing, but all my posts are the responses to the other members, interested in the war situation in Ukraine. As I've already explained this was my final post regarding this topic on the Lounge.
Anyway, thank you very much for paying your attention to this matter. Cheers!
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I'd say it's the worst development since the German taking of Poland.
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We probably need not - but at the same time we can be tolerant especially in case when OP actually lives there...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Its too much, whether they live there or not.
I don't need multiple people, per day, reminding me how sad the situation is with Ukraine.
Tolerance has a breaking point; it's not infinite as some may think or want to believe.
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Slacker007 wrote: Not sure why we need so many Ukrainian war posts here in the Lounge.
To paraphrase FDR: I know it is politics, but it is our politics!
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The freedom of the West is at stake, Putin won't stop at Ukraine.
Literally the whole of Europe is feeling this (not as bad as Ukraine though), but I'm sure you're more comfortable with another CCC or another cricket post.
This guy is telling us his friends and family are being killed, his homes destroyed, and all you say is you really don't need to know 
You, and the "no politics in the lounge"-police, could use some empathy.
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Received on a WhatsApp post:
We spend billions on finding life on other planets ...
And we spend trillions on killing life on our own Earth.
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It's really bad and it really sucks!
I'd make an exception for the "no politics in the lounge"-rule for this.
Stay safe and hopefully this will all end soon ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
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Do you mean that we can still post messages about the war conflict in Ukraine? Right?
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I don't, since it's not up to me 
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What is the criteria that allows politics in the lounge? What is the dividing line?
Politics are banned here (and in other non-technical forums I visit) to reduce arguments. If we start making exceptions, then we have fights regarding the politics of those exceptions ...
As has been noted, there are many places where the discussion is allowed. This is not one of them.
If anyone is angry at me for posting this, well, you've proven my point.
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Hell yes I'm angry.
Not because of the no politics rule or people pointing that out when politics are posted, but because someone is scared for his life, scared for his loved ones, scared for losing everything he has and he lets us know he's okay for now AND PEOPLE CAN'T GET OVER THE POLITICS OF HIS POST!?
Maybe you've missed his point.
His point was "I'm not dead (yet), but I may soon be", not to start a political discussion.
And instead of "Be strong, you have our support, hang in there, glad you're doing okay!" He get's "I'm getting really tired of your troubles." And "No politics in the Lounge."
You people suck.
You must all be programmers because you have the social skills and empathy of a potato 
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I just wanted to recall that this is just as a similar case as the terrorist attacks on the US, on Sept. 11st, 2001, twenty-one years ago. 