Nobody talks about the quiet parts of being a developer
CHALLENGES
It’s not the code. The code makes sense. Functions return what you tell them to.
It’s the silence after you hit send on 20 proposals.
It’s refreshing your inbox knowing nothing new came in.
It’s friends thinking you’re blowing because you work with computers, while you’re calculating if data will last till month end.
It’s looking for clients after 3 years of coding.
It’s the guilt of being too tired to learn the new framework Twitter says will make you employable.
It’s questioning if you’re actually good at this.
The hardest bug I’ve debugged this year wasn’t in my code.
It was the voice in my head saying “maybe you should just quit”.
Todo
But I’m still here. Still opening VS Code. Still applying. Still believing that one yes will make all the no’s make sense.
If you’re a dev and you’re tired, or doubting yourself today: you are not alone.
We just don’t post this part.
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