The latest articles on DEV Community by Edwin Adjei (@eddyz_z). https://dev.to/eddyz_z https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3975817%2F56574730-cfef-4d7a-95e5-73740f1ff606.jpg https://dev.to/eddyz_z en Edwin Adjei Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:17:03 +0000 https://dev.to/eddyz_z/swe-is-hard-25ke https://dev.to/eddyz_z/swe-is-hard-25ke <p>No one prepares you for the mental and psychological stress software engineering puts on your mind. Prisoners are the only ones ought to be secluded and isolated from the rest of human civilization to deter them and be a correctional method to toture them with their minds. In software you do it voluntarily, the adrenaline and thrill of building in your first years are quite sweet but when that wears off over the years its tough.</p> <p>I am mnot implying other professions are any better or worse, of course everyone and everything has a trade-off and this is the price one has to pay to attain the levels of mastery</p> webdev beginners devops