I'm a friendly non-developer from NC who enjoys playing music/making noise, eating veggies, and hanging out with my best friend/wife, our 2 cats, and greyhound. (he/him)
To be perfectly honest, I'm not a dev so can't pretend to relate entirely to the panic of trying to learn new programming concepts on the job which does indeed sound quite stressful.
But, in the past couple of years I've done a lot of support work for DEV (dev.to) as their community manager and at times have felt the panic that you're describing. The job is time sensitive and it feels like there's always something new and challenging that comes in... to say challenging makes it sound fun (and often it is) but to suggest that it's not stressful and at times panic-inducing would be a lie.
I think my best tip for dealing with the initial panic is to take some deep breaths in and out and relax your mind for 5 minutes, trying to detach yourself from any worries at hand. Basically, I'm talking about meditating... give yourself 5-10 minutes once a day to relax all thoughts and focus on breathing. It genuinely does make you feel better, but definitely takes practice — especially when ya feel like you should be working the problem at hand. 😅 But seriously, getting that daily mental break and teaching yourself to relax in tense moments really is helpful for the mind.
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Hey Holden!
I think this is a great question!
To be perfectly honest, I'm not a dev so can't pretend to relate entirely to the panic of trying to learn new programming concepts on the job which does indeed sound quite stressful.
But, in the past couple of years I've done a lot of support work for DEV (dev.to) as their community manager and at times have felt the panic that you're describing. The job is time sensitive and it feels like there's always something new and challenging that comes in... to say challenging makes it sound fun (and often it is) but to suggest that it's not stressful and at times panic-inducing would be a lie.
I think my best tip for dealing with the initial panic is to take some deep breaths in and out and relax your mind for 5 minutes, trying to detach yourself from any worries at hand. Basically, I'm talking about meditating... give yourself 5-10 minutes once a day to relax all thoughts and focus on breathing. It genuinely does make you feel better, but definitely takes practice — especially when ya feel like you should be working the problem at hand. 😅 But seriously, getting that daily mental break and teaching yourself to relax in tense moments really is helpful for the mind.