I find that the hardest part for me to be motivated about is the stage right after I finish the proof of concept. It’s like… once the new stuff is done, I get much less interested than when I’m still trying to figure it out.
I guess that’s probably pretty common among researchers, but the thrill of wrestling with a genuinely new problem is interesting, enjoyable, and difficult. Sometimes, it feels like documenting that wrestling is a bit tedious. But, if you don’t document it, it essentially never occurred…
Originally posted on yetanothergeographer.tumblr.com.
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