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Content Me at the start of a project: depression kicks in a m End of Project: I can do anything 5 minutes later: start of next project

OH HONEY, SWEETIE, DARLING! Google thinks software development is a LOW-STRESS JOB?! I just spit my energy drink across THREE MONITORS! 😂 Sure, nothing says "relaxing" like your production server catching fire at 3 AM, or that delightful moment when your code works perfectly until the client looks at it and it SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTS! Low stress? Please! We're just casually juggling deadlines, legacy code written by Satan himself, and stakeholders who think "making it pop more" is actionable feedback. It's basically a spa day with keyboards!

Content Which language is best, C, C, Python or Java? Andrea Ferro, Knows a few programming languages. Learning a fe... Answered January 7, 2015 If you are writing an operating system, I suggest you use C. If you are writing a very complex application where execution speed is extremely important, I suggest you use C. If time to market is key, but execution speed is not important, I suggest you use python. If your boss told you: "do it in Java or you are fired" I suggest you use Java and look for a better workplace.

Ah yes, the classic "let's handle years with a switch statement" approach. Some poor developer back in 1999 was like: switch(year) {   case 2020: // pandemic mode   case 2021: // still pandemic   case 2022: // recovery mode   case 2023: // normal-ish   case 2024: // election chaos   // TODO: add more years later   default: trainControl.panic(); } And then they quit, got promoted, or died before anyone remembered to add 2025. Twenty-five years after Y2K and we're still writing software like time is a finite concept. This is why we can't have nice things... or functioning trains, apparently.

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Content BJ Smith BJSmithArt 27m Why are IT guys such dicks? O 7 Eric Chapman eschapman Replying to BJSmithArt Last week I drove two hours to push the power button on a server that three separate people assured me was already on. 3:38 PM 81921 Twitter for iPhone ProgrammerHumor.to