What do you do when you're stuck??

pair programming, rubber duck or go get a coffee

Depends on the problem type:
No mental energy - take a break. Nap. Game. Tv. Coffee.

Can't find the problem, a.k.a a head scratcher - Review assumptions, reduce complexity, isolate the problem, throw the assumptions out, and test everything.

I do something else for a bit and let the problem percolate in my mind. Work on another task, get a coffee, talk to a coworker, browse reddit even though I'm probably not supposed to, etc. I usually have fresh ideas when I come back to the issue.

WD40

Start formulating a question for StackOverflow. Until it meets their requirements, I will most likely have found the solution by myself.

Call my stepbro

So the other day i was stuck, went to stackoverflow, got downvoted. Switched to youtube 4h later search for a video which might include the same proccess, tap on 3h video, indian guy randomly showcases my problem at 1h sth where i skipped to (randomly) , fixed :)

stop

Question my life choices

@jackpearce great idea! that's what I'm doing atm! Lol

@osq-ppp I wish it was just an idea, that would mean I wouldn't do it every fucking 5 minutes ^^'

Nothing, Im stuck

pull my panties down

Post the problem online in a relevant forum. By the time you are done typing it out and framing (or reframing) the problem in your mind you will have figured it out. Might be a few minutes after posting. Forcing yourself to describe the problem to someone else usually unstucks your thinking. If not someone else might have a take on this issue.

Depends where I’m at.
WFH: hit my desk, yell at the screen and whine until I finally get around to politely asking a colleague for help via slack.
At the office: turn to a colleague and politely ask for help

Press u and w and compile until it “work”

go to sleep

@kiki If I would do this I would be kicked out sexual harassmenet xD (working in the office)

If I’m stuck I’ll just do something else for a while, if I’m hard stuck it can take me sometimes days to go back to the problem, usually not more than 3 but yeah. Work on something else or if you can’t browse stuff/ relax in the meantime, tunnel vision doesn’t help with problem solving

Divide and conquer my friend, divide and conquer

Shower. That works like magic for me in finding solutions. Luckily we have to shower rooms in our office too.