If you write a piece of code well, you'll never have to write it again. You will benefit from how well it's written every time you use it. How fast you produce code is not an important thing to measure. Even if it was, focusing on the short-term sabotages the long term. #coding

@Alrecenk Exactly why I like programming so much. I get to put in the time and effort to really solve a problem correctly, and if I do it well enough the problem stays solved. That frees me up to work on something else, where I'll learn something.

Unlike the real world, where everything always needs cleaning, maintenance, or restocking. I'm not going to learn anything from sweeping dust for the hundredth time, but I have to do it or suffer the consequences.