Man I feel this all the time. I can’t count the number of times I’m talking to my boss about something and I think “oh yeah, should be easy” and something will trip me up for a day
Yep, and the the more you work on it, thee more issues and problems you run into that you need to figure out.
I hear you… it’s a killer isn’t it.
The number of times I have made a rod for my own back with clients… “Yea, I’ll add that I’m for you no problem”…
The famous last words.
The can of worms opens and a few rounds of crisis of confidence and tears later, eventually get there and think, I’m keeping my mouth shut from here on in.
Rinse and repeat :)
Glad to see PH on lemmy
I need to print this out and hang it on my door
Fucking a, so much this.
Good one. Made me smile and being thankful for not being a programmer anymore.
What did you switch to?
If I’d had to guess, woodworker or watermelon farmer.
Those were definitely on the list. As was moving to a hut in the woods and living of the land. :)
This crosses my mind at least a few times a week. Programming is pain.
I am currently a Dev (used to be a sound engineer), but I can definitely understand that!
Yeah. Don’t burn yourself out on the job. No one will thank you for it. It can be hard, I still have problems saying no. Go figure.
In my time as a sound engineer, I learned to say no. Compared to sound engineering (as in, live sound engineer), being a dev is a walk in the park.
No more 16 hour work days, no more tours with getting only 6 hours of sleep each night. No stressing out over a technical issue 15 minutes before show time. I could go on and on :P
Coming from a job where dev work feels like vacation. Sheesh. Good on you, man.
Edit: if you are a man. Shouldn’t assume really.
Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy for programming as a hobby.
Wouldn’t crochet be easier?
As a hobby it’s probably fine. You shouldn’t let it consume you or it will turn you into Gollum and you will likely self-immolate when touched by the evil rays from the great fire in the sky.
