Developer Life | Common situations we face in the industry Here are some common things I've noticed in the industry: Developer Life. - Spend weeks learning new programming library/language - Spend hours watching youtube tutorials on library/language 👉 Time to finally start using this new library or language... ...I have no idea what I am doing 👈 ** Now the real learning begins ** Developer Life Start the day at 7:00 am End the day at 7:00 pm Haven't moved a muscle in 12 hours, literally sitting all day only moving my mouse & typing on my keyboard. * Also, make sure to take breaks guys, stretch your back, sit properly & let your eyes relax occasionally. Developer Life. Scope Creep... Boss: The client wants a simple yes/no poll with a 2d graph. Developer: Easy enough Boss: The client called, they now also want 5 questions and 3d graphs. Boss: Client called again, they want ♾ infinite questions and 4d graphics. Developer: 😱 Developer Life. Boss: Calling Developer: Um... hey, what's going on? Boss: Urgent request, we need you to jump on the PC right now, change the text on the client's website, replace the word "Hello" with "Hi". Developer: Looks at the time... 11:30pm Developer Life. Boss: Estimate how long will it take to make this site so I can quote a price for the client? Developer: It should take about 80-120 hours Boss: The client accepted the quote! We had to lower the price though, you now have 40-60 hours to do it. Good luck! Developer Life. Boss: The client called, they want you to change the homepage layout. Developer: It will take 4 hours but I'll get it done. 4 hours later Boss: So remember those changes you did for the client, they don't like them, just change them back now. Developer: ... Developer Life. Boss: How is everyone doing on their agile tasks? Me: I spent the whole day sorting out the payment gateway, this 1 task is done Co-Worker: I spent half the day finishing 5 tasks Boss: Well done Co-Worker! Me: checks co-workers tasks... changing font colors Developer Life. Customer: Oh this isn't working. Boss: How long will this take to fix, I need an answer. Developer: I have no idea yet what is broken... or how long it will then take to fix... I can't give you an estimate. Boss: I need that estimate! Developer: But I said... Follow and support me: 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/adrian_twarog 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/nGdThpE 💸 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adriantwarog 🖥️ Dev.to: https://dev.to/adriantwarog