Hey, dev's 👋
As a developer, you might have faced many challenges and frustrations in your projects. But what is the worst thing that could happen to you in your tech career? Feel free to share it in the comments section. 👇
I'll go first. I work mostly on full-stack projects, and my biggest nightmare is having to debug a bug for hours, only to discover it's in the library/framework I am using or a compatibility issue. 💀
If you've ever worked with Next.js, you may completely relate to this.
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I work in crypto and people constantly try to hack us. So my biggest fear is authoring a bug that leads to bajillions of dollars in theft! Of course, that sort of thing is never one person's sole fault, since we have code reviews, QA, security audits, etc, and security is the responsibility of the organization as a whole. Still, I'd sure hate to be the one who opened the file and typed in the bug.
I get it! It's scary to think about making a mistake in crypto code that could lead to a lot of money being stolen. I think that is a valid nightmare for most developers, especially in the crypto space. Keep being careful!
Same fear can be present if company is dealing with a lot of personal information. Leak can lead to avalanche of personal lawsuits. On top of that in EU penalty for data leak can be as high as 20 000 000 EUR or 4% worldwide company turnover.
hold on a second, are you guys talking about cryptology or cryptocurrency? Does that go without saying these days, am I becoming an old fart?
Please keep in mind I know nothing about you @mistval both personally and professionally, but If nothing else i gotta say i love that you are self-conscious enough to not only know your own limits as a developer - not be afraid to lay your cards on the table, it takes a degree of humbleness to do that and it's the one quality I find indispensable amongst whom I chose to work with. It can be really dangerous when people are both responsible for owning some code or infrastructure, and insecure about the requisite skills and expertise it takes to do that competently. Kudos to you!
Thank you Billy for your kind words :) It's crypto as in cryptocurrency. I should have said I work in "blockchain", that would be less ambiguous!
Haha working in crypto is already a nightmare without that responsibility 😂 I've been there, but stopped cause I hate crypto
Monotony tbh. There's nothing more boring and draining than a monotone development job (for me at least). No challenges and no change is a recipe for burnout and nightmares. The idea of doing the same work over and over again for an undetermined amount of time fucking scares the shit out of me.
This was the reason I had to stop working earlier this year to take a break. I left in April and still haven't considered looking for another job.
Absolutely! It's essential to find fulfillment in your work. Take the time you need to explore opportunities.
That's true! Being there and done that!
Same here! I usually switch jobs after some time, simply because I just get too bored of the tasks I am supposed to do.
In a new job, there are new tools and different approaches to learn, at least xD.
I also start a lot of different initiatives like refactoring code for optimization or readability, some UX improvements, or building the developer knowledge base. When that get's boring. I'll try to see if I could be engaged with other tasks or tools, looking for holes in the process.
That approach of course depends on how freely you can assign your time, though. If all your time is constantly planned for some super important stuff that needs to go out by yesterday, you don't get to do fun stuff at work. And this also depends on your interest/motivation/will to start initiatives at work.
I also try out and combine different roles. I switched from backend developer, to full stack, to Unity developer, back to backend, a bit of systems, a bit of graphics, a bit of devops, a bit of writing.
Like this I am kind of a jack of all trades, master of none. But at least not bored :D
Working with teams under the influence of a tyrannical date-driven micromanaging delivery manager. Literally anything not feature related is at the bottom of the backlog and process and bureaucracy strangles quality, creativity and innovation.
Not project-related, but I’m living through it right now…I injured my dominant hand… 😱
It’s been x-rayed, nothing broken or dislocated, but it was too swollen for them to assess the tendons & ligaments. I go back tomorrow for a follow-up.
Get well soon brother!
As mobile game programmer, device specific bugs are the worst :D They take ages to be found and solved. You need a very specific device to reproduce the error. There are so many different devices, some are not even available in your country, or not in sales rotations anymore.
The fixes are usually not nice either, you kinda have to implement a workaround because you don't really get to the source of the problem which makes the code smelly.
Such bugs are the worst to find and debug. The fixes are usually ugly too, you have to use a workaround because you can't really solve the root cause of the problem.
Working in IT for many years, I believe I have experienced some ups and downs in terms of motivation to learn and share development knowledge. So one thing I'm afraid of is becoming unmotivated enough to abandon this field. This would be my nightmare.
Stay consistent and it will help keep you engaged and motivated. Don't let the fear of losing interest become a nightmare! 😉
One thing that I wouldn't call a nightmare, but definitely dislike, is failing tests on GitHub Actions due to network issues. Damn it!
I haven't experienced this much, but in one of the open-source projects I work on, sometimes there are failures when downloading packages while setting up the environment!
Kudos to you for being the go-to person when things go haywire. It's a wild journey, but fixing these must feel like a victory every time! 💪
BTW, do you use any tools or frameworks to automate or monitor your ETL processes?
@kwnaidoo Cool! I haven't used Cloudwatch, but personally, for a New Relic alternative, I rely on either Dynatrace or Datadog. Building your own internal monitoring system from scratch seems like a senior-level engineering task. Thanks a lot for sharing such a beautiful stack! 🙌
I make software for creating concert visuals, so my biggest fear would be introducing a bug which causes an artist’s performance to be visibly disrupted at a big event with lots of eyes on stage.