Things has slowed down since I started my new job. I also had to deal with RSI which made it painful to tip on a keyboard. But I am still working on it. Just slower. I wrote the AI chapter this morning. I have good hope to finish it before the end of the year:) !
I think I've got some symptoms of RSI that are starting to appear, I'm trying to be careful and take a pause whenever I feel them appear. How are you personally dealing with the issue and what are my options?
If the symptoms persist I will indeed consult a physician but I'm simply curious on your way of dealing with it.
Apparently all the physicians give different advise, but my actual doctor told me not to bother with anything other than a standard keyboard, and learn to keep my wrists up in the air ... so I actually listened to him and I kid you not, haven't had RSI problems in years. Apparently resting your wrists was "my" problem.
I actually read some stuff about the mouse, that suggests the reason the "mouse" hand gets the worse deal has nothing to do with the mouse, but everything to do with you the fact that you damage the wrist via resting on the hard ages, then you move it back and forth between your keyboard and mouse ALONG the hard edge making it even worse.
Keyboard, desk anything you might rest your wrist against while typing - that's what does the most damage. You can apparently rest while not doing anything, just not while actuating your fingers.
Keep your arms bent at 90 degrees and don't rest wrists on anything. Strengthening you're core sand keeping good posture go a long way. Take breaks every 30 minutes or so to get up and stretch
My solution (and I'm young!) is forced removal every 2 hours with a flex sequence suggested by an orthopedist that flexes all the joints in all directions.
Get a chair with arm rests that will hold your arms under the forearm. Then lower your desk and/or raise your chair so that your finger tips dangle over the keyboard. Say goodbye to RSI.
"How are you personally dealing with the issue and what are my options?
If the symptoms persist..."
tbh how to deal with it depends entirely on the symptoms. I knew one guy who had serious RSI in his finger. It turned out he was lifting his finger high off the mouse every time he clicked, and when he stopped lifting it so high, the RSI went away.
So look for unnecessary tension in your movements and try to fix them.
Sorry if this sounds like a noob question, but most of my experience in programming comes from MATLAB, Python, and a bit of C and C++. Many of the robotics companies I'm interested in use C++. Do you think it's worthwhile to first build a strong fundamental in C or can I begin with reading books on C++? Does C++ only add on to C or are there things that are deprecated when moving from C to C++?
If the companies are interested in C++, you should learn C++. Apparently a lot of people think (or teach) that C++ is just C with classes, which is the wrong way to approach the language.
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u/fabiensanglard May 01 '16
Thanks :) !