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The Reality of a Developer's Life — In GIFs, of Course

Want to check out what life is like as a developer? Check out this post for a series of GIFs demonstrating the dev life.

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Alex Soto

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Feb. 15, 13 · Presentation

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i'm going to try to illustrate the reality of a developer's life. this post is a translation of another post written in spanish.

when you upload something to the production environment:

when you solve a problem without googling:

when you close your ide without saving the code:

when you try to fix a bug at 3am:

when your regular expression returns what you expect:

when my boss told me that the module i've been working on will never be used:

when i show my boss that i've fixed a bug:

when i upload a code without tests and it works as expected:

when marketing folks show developers what they've sold:

the first time you apply a css to a web page:

when the sysadmin gives you root access:

when you run your script the first time after several hours working on it:

when you go on weekend and everyone else is at the office trying to fix all the issues:

when your boss finds someone to fix a critical bug:

when you receive extra pay if your project ends before deadline:

when something that worked on friday doesn't work on monday:

when you develop without specifications:

when your boss tells you that "tests are for those who don't know how to code":

when you update a database script and note that you have deleted the whole database:

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have you ever had one of these experiences? i hope so :d if not, you may not be a developer ;)

pd: original source in spanish

article writing dev POST (HTTP) Database Upload Translation Testing Production (computer science)

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