Well though being a developer is awesome, but there is always something. So what is that one thing that you don't like being a developer? and why so?
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Well though being a developer is awesome, but there is always something. So what is that one thing that you don't like being a developer? and why so?
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Giving estimates even if you don't know how long it will take.
Giving estimates when Manager has already set a deadline!
Giving estimates while still in the meeting with the stakeholders and before being able to think on the requirements.
Plot twist
I got to agree with that and negotiating on the deliverables is not fun.
Of course you do not know it, that is why it is called an estimate :-)
The main problem is with people who treat an estimate as a promise and/or do not care about context and do not follow-up on information changes.
In these cases one of my colleagues is more than happy to give "500 +/- 490 hours"-like estimates :)
nailed it man
I wish I agreed less...
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Exactly.
Meetings, especially ones where I was not needed and it could have easily be a mail. 9 am meetings are the worst 😢
😅 Standup culture 🤷🏻♂️
Agile works but I hate the "Cult of Agile". Like if you don't have a standup every day the world will end :)
I wish a PM join this thread.
Feature request for PM to actually organize standups only for people that need to be there. Maybe 2 a week where everyone needs to be there so we can get updates.
I schedule meetings at 3am or 7am.
The interview process. 9 times out of 10 they'll test me on something I'll never do while working there.
Front-end Dev:
"Please make Sudoku solver algorithm that checks the weather and mines bitcoin. We have a gun to your head. you have 25 minutes. We are only looking for ROCKSTARS only. After this we have scheduled for 4 more meetings with 8 more devs who each have concocted SUPER ALGO questions you will not be doing in your day to day."
Hey, candidate, look k at this script. Is there any mistake?
...No.
Are you shure?
...I guess mistake is here, it could be rewritten like this...
Are you shure?
Yes? And refactor this place...
Are you shure it's all?
...Shit, I'm get out of here!
Is that an amarican thing? I had some interviews in Germany and they first wanted to know me on a personal basis and asked how experienced I would consider myself. When they think that I'm a good fit for the job they invited me to a one day (or half a day) work trial and gave me typical development tasks for the job.
I think that this works very well because you don't have to study for the interview and the employer can see how well you fit in the team, what your thought processes are and how clean your code is
American mostly. I also had the same experience when I interviewed with a company in Indonesia.
Agreed the interview process is convoluted and broken.
People asking me to fix their PC or WIndows or Printer problems, because "I work in IT"
Edit:
furthermore
and the : " is the Samsung Xzd45" better than HTC sdfr48? or should I keep my actual phone?" ... and you have no idea what the hell he's talking about ...
This! I was studying electrical engineering at college when I did a study abroad in Costa Rica. My host mom had a radio that was broken and asked me to fix it, "You're an electrical engineer, right? (in Spanish)." When I got back to the US, I quit electrical engineering lol.
Yes! It's like going to a restaurant and asking them to make you a grocery list
So much this. Especially as it normally leads to me being asked to fix other stuff like heating systems because “they’re like computers right”
New JavaScript Frameworks 🌈
I hear Locker is coming out and its WAAAY better than SVELTE. Industry game changer. Drop what you are doing and learn now!
Neck pain 😖
Can be stress or bad posture
This should be taught as Software Developer Beginner skills, to avoid burn out.
Absolutely
In my case, is a herniated disc, so need to be aware of my posture all the time.
Absolutely
Nah not needed
Being told “It’s just a quick fix”, “will be easy” or “shouldn’t take you long” from a non-dev about a dev task
😆😆
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Everything that prevents me from developing.
😂😂😂
Dev is not frustrated technically because he/she is a dev and loves/breathes technical things. Dev is a dev by choice; not by force.
Few instances from my experience(working in IT services).
Overengineering a task when the solution was right in front of me in stack overflow
Our whole industry of guilty of this. This is the new way. Its ES12 an interpopulated literal. And solves a probelm that didnt exist with more code.
That’s one of my fav.
When HR is completely clueless.
I applied for a design/WordPress position last month. The test questions were something like 5 C#, 5 Java, 2 Python, 1 JS.
The job description was all DESIGN, SEO, Web dev, etc and then the test was mid-level CS stuff in languages the company does not use.
No PHP questions! 🤦♂️ (or even HTML, CSS, or WP!).
I don't expect HR to be able to debug my code, but that was ridiculous and it is not uncommon.
Becoming my whole families Tech Support. I dunno what's up with your malware infested 15-year-old laptop
😂😂😂
Impostor syndrome, never feel good enough for things
Learning without finding a job :(.
Trust me those are the best days.
Totally agree!!