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If you are not having fun, there is little chance of long-term success. Personally, I hate workouts, and any kind of weight lifting bores me out of my skull. Instead I go play ping-pong, or badminton, or beach volleyball (when in season) instead. The downside is that you need a partner or a team, and your workout is not overly scientific, the upside is that the time passes quickly as you socialize as well as exercise. Which leads me to the most important upside: looking forward to doing it again, instead of dreading it. YMMV.
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Minimum viable workout routine
Weight lifting bored me out of my skull until I started doing a linear progression weight lifting program. Going up in weight every time I lift not only tests my mental fortitude (which is where the main fun comes from for me), but also provides great (unexpectedly great for me) motivation.
Also, I think the technique in Attention control is critical for... could help with increasing the amount of enjoyment. Or at least lessening the friction.
Pascal's wager is easy to disregard for bad reasons, and Catholicism is the best religion (and was even moreso back in von Neumann's day).
How is Catholicism the best religion?
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Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012)
Hi. I've studied Computer Science and Mathematics at the undergraduate level. I currently work as a software engineer, but have been looking into fields that would allow me to work with more mathematics. I am also very much interested in entrepreneurship from both the "fix problems I see with the world" and the "get really wealthy" perspectives.
I have been reading LW and OB off and on for years, but have never quite made it through all of the sequences.
I am mainly interested in efficient learning and applications of rationality to every day life. My primary concerns currently focus around what I should do with my life to benefit society (and myself and loved ones) the most. I have been applying the anti-akrasia tactics to some effect, but still have a long way to go before I would consider myself a truly effective person.
I tend to overuse signaling explanations for human behavior. They are very compelling to me.
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Any advice for software developers that are in a rut? Basically, I have been working my first post-college job the last 3.5 years or so, but honestly what I do is pretty basic web app stuff.
I really want to get into a job where I have a lot more responsibility and more interesting work, but I feel like I have shot myself in the foot by working at such an easy (but decent paying) job for so long.
I am very interested in pretty much all programming related topics and study them for fun, but having not built any super awesome software makes me feel inadequate.
Honestly, I should probably just apply to some places and see if I can get a better job, but for some reason I am afraid I will just get turned down.