Drudge in a sentence as a noun

However, the drudge work still has to be done.

Even the custom contact forms on companies' websites are a drudge to fill in and usually not worth it.

Having to carry around a phone while running is a drudge regardless of how serious of a runner or athlete you are.

The fun part is solving the problem - so then it comes time to code and you aren't solving anything anymore, just doing the drudge work of writing down the picture in your head.

Should I ignore the drudge work and let the organization fall apart around me or should I convince some other person to perform the drudge work for which they won't be rewarded?

Drudge in a sentence as a verb

When I'm having trouble paying attention to a book, particularly a non-fiction that I have to drudge through, I'll slow down and start reading the book in the voice of a famous comedian.

It takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become good at something, but most of what most programmers do for work is not "deliberate practice"; it's repetitive drudge work that they often don't have the creative control to automate.

It also sets up a sort of perverse incentive where you want to look good as a coder by taking on the glamorous, high-profile programming tasks, but this can actually demotivate your teammates because they're left with the drudge work.

My brother in law is working on automating some of the drudge work but essentially they produce a falsifiable sequence of claims so that anyone can assure themselves they got the correct answer, and if the formualae are wrong it is immediately apparent.

Drudge definitions

noun

one who works hard at boring tasks

See also: hack hacker

noun

a laborer who is obliged to do menial work

See also: peon navvy

verb

work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"

See also: labor labour toil travail grind moil