> There's always that moment when you don't feel like picking "the one at the top".
A few solutions for this that have worked for me:
* Small units of work
* Having a tech-debt backlog broken into short lumps of cleanup, so you can "take a break" with something different
* Pair programming with frequent pair rotation. The next ticket is always taken by the next open pair, but you can work one something different every few hours if you need.
* trade tasks with a colleague
* sighing, saying, "well, this is my job," and picking the top thing anyhow
A few solutions for this that have worked for me:
* Small units of work
* Having a tech-debt backlog broken into short lumps of cleanup, so you can "take a break" with something different
* Pair programming with frequent pair rotation. The next ticket is always taken by the next open pair, but you can work one something different every few hours if you need.
* trade tasks with a colleague
* sighing, saying, "well, this is my job," and picking the top thing anyhow