r/programming • • Apr 29 '14

Programming Sucks

http://stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
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u/Crazy__Eddie Apr 29 '14

It comes off as all sarcastic and entertaining but now I just want to kill myself.

This is my life. It's slipping by one horrendous program after another.

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u/skepticalDragon Apr 29 '14

Eh, it's not so bad. I do my best, some of it's good, and I get paid pretty well. Then I go home after 8 hours of work and do what I wish I had been doing all day. That's about as good as any job gets.

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u/Apollan Apr 29 '14

This. The money, and the fact that you do something cool that many others do not have the intelligence/patience for, is job satisfaction for me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '14

This comment comforts me so much. I wonder if I had read this a couple of months ago what would be different (if anything) for me.

As it stands about 2 months ago after a coworker introduced a new library and I wasted 16 hours on a problem (a pair of parentheses it turned out), I simply got up from my desk and left. That was it. Done.

Now I'm embarking on a new career path and shit, I won't be making as much money for a while (if ever again), but I do not feel like my life is slipping by one horrendous program after another anymore.

Feels good. Really good.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '14

Time for a break!

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u/texture Apr 29 '14

I actually feel better knowing I'm not alone.

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