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I had a similar initial thought - I find unsolved technical problems genuinely thrilling to work on - but then I noticed the word ‘stuck’. That implies having run out of ideas on how to approach the problem and I can imagine that being stressful. Perhaps you are similar? Or do you also enjoy having run out of ideas?

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> Or do you also enjoy having run out of ideas?

This has never happened for me the closest I have gotten is that I have to give the client to option of sticking to our initial plan or change it for the expense of more time and money.

I wouldn't really call that being stuck with a problem tho, its more the client is stuck with a decision they don't want to make.

Oh no, the 'stuck'-problems are the best problems.

Only when you don't have a deadline and a few stakeholders asking for progress updates and time estimates.

In that case, I'm annoyed by the deadline and the stakeholders, not the problem.

fear is a mind killer

that’s the difference of devs that stay motivated and happy

even ones that don’t have pressing monetary concerns are just skittish sometimes. those folks can productive but boy do they look miserable.

kill the fear and the stuck problems become less of a thing

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