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What is the most frustrating part of software development?

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Stephen Belovarich

Interviewing at most companies.

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K-Sato

Imposter syndrome....😰😰

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TuWang

fending my code - don't touch my garbage!

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atvfool

i feel it changes job to job. in the past its been management/ownership or customer who don't know what they want. more recently its been supporting a "high priority" application which involves essentially being on call for a period of time. my time is my time

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Fabian Holzer

Avoidable waste of effort caused by people without skin in the game.

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Fyodor

Business. It dictates everything. No matter how cool and ambitious your ideas are, if you cannot sell them properly, they’re useless. No matter how sure you are that doing “A” is wrong, if it’s requested by a major customer, just do it silently.

But no matter what, this industry is the best ❤️

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Fyodor

It’s actually the most frustrating part of like everything

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Aaron Reese

2 things.
Naming variables,
Scoping variables,
Off by one errors

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Jan Küster 🔥 • Edited

Working with colleagues that don't like to share knowledge.

Edit: I don't do right know but I did work with that kind of colleagues and it was awful.

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