"Stop working from home. Fuck this. We do enough and don't get paid what we should. It is you and me for two campuses and you are far more knowledgeable and qualified than what they offered you at the beginning. I get that the benefits are killer but don't burn yourself out. I am not expecting you to work from home. Will not ask of it unless really is required and would much rather we have a few beers instead of getting together to finish bullshit deadlines...for 2 devs"

My current lead developer. He turned into my work best friend and he is really into the whole concept of "fuck it we ain't getting paid enough"

Dis b ma dude.

"Leave this fucking company, now."

My PM took a day off and everything's so fucking calm.

Worst thing I’ve seen another developer do?

Asking a simple question before trying to google the answer.

Nested nested if statements!!!
😡😡😡😡😡😡

Using an underpowered computer, makes you appreciate optimized programs

Taking showers. I get random ideas in shower.

Cooking, always helps me get my head clear and has a prize: a tasty meal.

Playing saxophone and learning music theory helped me a lot. Also reading books and being a scout boy contributed getting my mind away from computers and clearing my ideas, like a reboot or something.

Playing drums, there are patterns in the patterns in thr patterns!

sketching keeps my sanity alive while coding or UX designing

Alcohol. 🤔

Walking in circles yeah I walk in circles when thinking

Looking for music to help focus. And finding which types work best to listen to.

Plaiyng guitar. Helps me relax and I get lots of code/solution ideas while playing it.

Learning php

He wanted a project.
I gave him a project.
He wanted to collaborate.
We did collaborate.
He wrote nothing.
He left the project.
I have to finish the project...

Boss tells me every other week to "set focus" on a completely different topic without loosing a word on the "top priority" the day before. Or he asks for the other (not finished) feature to be ready "in the next few" days/hours.

Yeah. A real sunbeam in dark times.

Managers... managers with an addiction to meetings

the oscillation between the urge to do nothing and the urge to do everything

Anyone else here typed a really long post about some fuck up, only to delete it because it's not worth it to get so upset?

That felling when you can't find the name of an function but you can remember the name of a similar function in another language.

It has been 3 days in the office without actually coding.

"Don't worry about the bug"

self.age++

Fucking caching .... that is all

"Hey can you make these changes?"

*does absolutely nothing*

"That's way better!"

Mhmm sure. Totally changed stuff. Yup.

When languages play poker

Recipe for a Great Programmer:

Ingredients:
-Books for a computer science curriculum from a top university
-Computer
-Headphones
-Internet
-Stress ball
-Pillow
-Lighter fluid
-Food

Directions:

1. Cover computer science books with lighter fluid
2. Light books on fire
3. Use flames to cook an energy-rich meal for the thousands of hours ahead
4. Pick an IDE
5. Choose a project beyond current capabilities. Good ways to push boundaries:
- Unfamiliar domain (e.g. large scale data processing, UI programming, high performance computing, games)
- Exotic programming language
- Larger in scope than any project before
6. Shut up about your IDE
7. Attempt to build
8. Stop procrastinating on Hacker News
9. Re-attempt to build
10. Squeeze stress ball and scream into pillow as necessary to keep sanity
When stuck:
- Paste stack traces into Google
- Find appropriate mailing list to get guidance
- Realize that real learning happens when you are stuck, uncomfortable, and/or frustrated
- Seek out books, classes, or other resources AFTER you have a good understanding of your deficiencies
11. Repeat #4 to #10 for at least 10 years
12. Results guaranteed! (to the same extent static types guarantee bug-free programs)

source: nathanmarz.com

Rant:
I start a phone project and get an error during debugging
I look up the error and learn that its a visual studio issue
I try uninstalling visual studio and fail
I try reinstalling visual studio and fail
I format the machine and reinstall everything
I run the project and get the exact same error
I later learn that it was not an error but a system message unrelated to the problem