How do you cope with coders coma? [closed]

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I quite like Steve Pavlina's timeboxing method to get rid of tedious tasks. It applies whether you have boring code monkey work to be cracking on with or a pile of junk in the closet at home you need to sort through.

tl;dr of the link: Timeboxing means allocate a time slice, then work, cutting out what would put you behind. It is meant to get rid of the motivation for procrastination, by not making the tedious task take up more time than it is worth. Besides tedious tasks, timeboxing can be used to make a dent in something complicated enough that you don't know where to begin.

One thing that I do when I know I'm putting off doing something (either by doing other tasks or just slacking in general) is to write down a schedule on a piece of paper for what I'm going to do for that day. It sounds stupid, but try it. Just write down what you're going to do and in what time range. The feeling of crossing an item out on your list is great, but the feeling of throwing out that entire list is even better.

If the task is tedious because it is repetative, I write a program to do the task for me. ;-)

Pass it on to one of the Interns

I generally try to solve the problem in a new way. For example use something you've just learned. Obviously expects bug and longer development time, but at least it'll be still fun.

Or you can just hire some cheap programmers from the other end of the world to finish the job for you :)