4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity

As I became a better software engineer, I noticed 4 key habits in my daily workflow that had made me much more productive. Friendly plug: SWE Quiz is a compilation of 450+ software engineering and system design questions covering databases, authentication, caching, etc. They’ve been vetted by engineers from Google, Meta, Apple, and more. I’m a core contributor to SWE Quiz and it’s helped many of my peers (including myself) pass the “software trivia questions” during interviews and feel more confident at work. Check it out “Flow” is the root of productivity when programming. Since software engineering is a “maker” activity where I’m producing something, I generally perform best when I have a large block of uninterrupted “flow” time to work on a project. However, it can often be really hard to get into flow if you’re stuck scrambling on what tasks your project goals entail. Ambiguity is difficult to deal with. Not even knowing where to start can make reaching that “flow state” much harde

As I became a better software engineer, I noticed 4 key habits in my daily workflow that had made me much more productive. Friendly plug: SWE Quiz is a compilation of 450+ software engineering and system design questions covering databases, authentication, caching, etc. They’ve been vetted by engineers from Google, Meta, Apple, and more. I’m a core contributor to SWE Quiz and it’s helped many of my peers (including myself) pass the “software trivia questions” during interviews and feel more confident at work. Check it out “Flow” is the root of productivity when programming. Since software engi