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Programming at a job to me is no longer creating something fun and valuable; it's more like figuring out why shit doesn't work, con-stant-ly.

It' s like coming in to your desk every morning, dreading the day because there's yesterday's shit to fix. "Hmm, what shall today be like? Oh yes, troubleshooting why my database model doesn't work, redesign it completely and break my mind over db details. The next day? Having to redesign my classes to implement new patterns because apparently the current design isn't good enough." Even if you work on new deliverables, that's just new problems in disguise anyway.

Pleasant? Not really.
lol.

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    Tests should help
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    @KDSBest When the company doesn't throw the excuse "We have no time for tests" at me. lol
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    On a seperate note, sometimes I like maintenance work because it lets me reevaluate my own code and approach to a problem I already solved before, or when I am fixing others code I try to get in their shoes and learn something from them.

    In my experience, looking at other devs code and learning from it is much better than tutorials. But that's just my opinion.

    But it gets tiring sometimes and I totally agree on OP's post.
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