Comments on: On setting a limit http://blogs.kartika9.com/2009/11/on-setting-a-limit/ to live, to experience and to share Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kartika Angkawijaya http://blogs.kartika9.com/2009/11/on-setting-a-limit/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Kartika Angkawijaya Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:29:30 +0000 http://blogs.kartika9.com/?p=343#comment-272 On a point about the limit you're right. First limit is about the requirement which is from another party which are quite a strict rules to perform the task. Then I tried to elaborate more about setting our own limit, since it's quite often happened to me. I felt that I can do it in a better way. But, I was in a situation where I need to choose to do it that way or tedious way because it was asked - and my friend, obviously, doesn't want to hear alternative way. They prefer to stick into their comfort zone, do things in a way that familiar for them :) -> that's for the println too (hehe) Yes, I'm totally agree with you that sometimes we are limited by what we are thinking. :) We can do better than we thought. (Gee.. I need to practice more to express my thoughts in more systematic way haha) On a point about the limit you’re right. First limit is about the requirement which is from another party which are quite a strict rules to perform the task.

Then I tried to elaborate more about setting our own limit, since it’s quite often happened to me. I felt that I can do it in a better way.
But, I was in a situation where I need to choose to do it that way or tedious way because it was asked – and my friend, obviously, doesn’t want to hear alternative way. They prefer to stick into their comfort zone, do things in a way that familiar for them :) -> that’s for the println too (hehe)
Yes, I’m totally agree with you that sometimes we are limited by what we are thinking. :) We can do better than we thought.

(Gee.. I need to practice more to express my thoughts in more systematic way haha)

]]> By: sin http://blogs.kartika9.com/2009/11/on-setting-a-limit/comment-page-1/#comment-271 sin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:03:44 +0000 http://blogs.kartika9.com/?p=343#comment-271 I got the impression that your limit there is more determined by them instead by you yourself, but perhaps I am wrong :D I agree though, that we are not superman and we can't finish projects in flash, but I still think that we have to try our best to get the best result that we can within a certain amount of time. So if we feel that we can produce a better product than the minimum requirements, then it's still better to chase the former. That said, in real life, sometimes our forecasts are wrong and sometimes we realize that what we thought we could do, is actually impossible to do and in this case it's better to stick to the minimum requirements rather than to disappoint customers. About the 2nd point that your colleague mentioned, I don't know why but it sounds like a justification in using many println commands to produce output instead of writing a for loop, but maybe I am also wrong here :D I got the impression that your limit there is more determined by them instead by you yourself, but perhaps I am wrong :D

I agree though, that we are not superman and we can’t finish projects in flash, but I still think that we have to try our best to get the best result that we can within a certain amount of time. So if we feel that we can produce a better product than the minimum requirements, then it’s still better to chase the former.

That said, in real life, sometimes our forecasts are wrong and sometimes we realize that what we thought we could do, is actually impossible to do and in this case it’s better to stick to the minimum requirements rather than to disappoint customers.

About the 2nd point that your colleague mentioned, I don’t know why but it sounds like a justification in using many println commands to produce output instead of writing a for loop, but maybe I am also wrong here :D

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