Shawn Hartsock

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Zone-out

By Shawn Hartsock (author)

Originally published .

Republished from Thoughts and Ideas. The original writing is preserved; topic and concept suggestions are generated metadata, not part of the original article.

I’m developing a project in jBPM, EJB3, and SOAP and I haven’t checked my email in weeks. I haven’t surfed for just as long. I’m in the Zone but so intently I’ve zoned out.

And it seems that this is a prevalent model for developers to follow. It seems that learning a new technology stack requires weeks of hyper-focus. I know I’m not alone in this.

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