How do you get "in the zone"?

Posted by Wayne Werner on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Wayne Werner
Published on 2010-05-26T12:34:54Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 12:41 UTC
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Hi,

I've just started my first real programming job and am pleased to discover that this is exactly what I want to do for the rest of my life. When it comes round to ~1 hour before it's time to go home and I think "Man, do I have to go home already?" I'd say that's A Good Thing(tm).

One thing I've discovered though is that it takes a little while for my brain to get "in gear" or "in the Zone", so I'm curious what other folks do to get programming at their prime. My current flow is when I get here I visit SO and look at the interesting problems - I find it helps get my brain moving. After 20-30 minutes I start looking at my code/specs/etc to decide what I want/need to work on first.

So how do you get started?

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