People talk a lot about developer productivity but some points that people don't talk about are the environmental issues, available options, and pr...
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Bro, I know your pain. I am a freelancer from Chile.
We have several (if not all) of the issues you mentioned here as well. Sometimes people in the US and Europe forget that there is people from outside the first world who read in English as well.
We also have the problem of lower income, and everything costs the same or even more than in the US and Europe (food, equipment, etc), so it is pretty hard to freelance here :(
I think these issues are not only limited to India, coming from Sri Lanka, we also face many of the same issues as well.
You forgot to mention how the heat affects the developer as well, sometimes to the point of not being able to work without an A/C.
I understand and surely these issues must be there in other countries as well.
And you are correct about heat affecting us. I mean how can we think and write code while we are sweating left and right 😋
Surprising how much of an impact the temperature and environment can have.
Bad customer support is always be frustrating, but even more so if this concerns your tools needed for your job.
Really interesting to hear about the developer experience around the world!
Thanks Bert
If I were you I would start looking at some cloud IDEs. The one I have used is Cloud9 on AWS. It's not for everyone and it certainly does not replace a powerful machine you can own and take it with you all the time but it can get the job done.
That is the future, the whole IDE in cloud and build on remote servers but still, there are lot of issues around connectivity in many countries. And as an Android developer myself, those things aren't an option for me yet :P
I am not ignoring the fact that it is difficult specially if you need an hardware like phone. I know simulator might not even be feasible on cloud yet. But it's definitely not future for many other situations. It was just a piece of advice for the general audience or readers here. Up to them to take it or leave it. At the end the intutive decisions you make are generally the best and lead to more creative solutions.
In Nigeria, thanks to China(aliexpress), we can get some very good hardware and/or software with a difference of say 30% higher than normal, the biggest issues come from connectivity, as a developer is only as valuable as his/her most recent update. we also have all the other problems listed, electricity is never stable also, for me to learn bash, i had to use termux because its easier to have multiple power banks to charge a phone over 24hrs (light can be off for months) than to do the same for a laptop/pc.
I've seen recently in the UK they've started opening up more and more offices specifically for remote workers, giving them somewhere away from home to get on with their work with a proper desk and computer setup. Is there anything like this in India? It sounds like it could help out with a few issues if there were a few remote workers together, especially if there was a decent air con involved!
Yeah Rick, we do have a lot of co-working spaces coming up all throughout but the problem with them is that their fees are very steep and can sometimes charge more then what I pay for my house rent. Additionally high commuting times & traffic problem while traveling to co-working spaces is another problem that adds to the already difficult situation.
I am from Rajasthan, India and can totally relate to most of these problems. I am sick to death with the dust problem.
Dust is big headache specially when it comes to mice. I always have to ensure I keep my mouse covered properly for the times when Im not using it.