But the weekends I really treasure are when I can go full nerd-out on some electronics or electronics/firmware or pure software side-project. Even if it’s just a 3 hour uninterrupted block (both not interrupted but also knowing that you won’t be) each day, that’s pure bliss.
No Jira tickets, no sprint stand ups, no estimates, no slack brush-brushes, no zoom calls, just nerding out.
Perhaps this is just grass-is-greener daydreaming. Is anybody doing this/how does it perform? Perhaps I am just so thoroughly conditioned by agile-everywhere-all-the-time and I can't think pass it and this is a very bad idea?
The vast majority of teams didn’t use stand-ups, scrum, or agile.
Sometimes I just want to build and customize some models alone. Lego or Gundam or some ancient ship.
No phone calls, no friends, families and socializing.
Even though I love coding, but sometimes I do feel exhausted. Don't even want to touch the keyboard, gamepad or any electronics.
Sometimes I really only want to lie on the couch and consume. The thought of my electronics projects then seems exhausting. Sometimes I really want to be productive and stimulated, then I work on those projects or read a math or EE textbook, and the thought of just sitting there and consuming seems excruciatingly boring.
The key aspect is to recognize that none of those phases will last forever, and cycling through those various hobbies gives variety.