The Reality of a Developer’s Life

I can’t say I am too proud of this post since it is mostly gifs that I found around the web and wanted to share with everyone.

In any case, I hope you will laugh a bit and if you come across any other related gifs, please let me know!

A Developer’s Life!

When you upload something to the production environment:

When you find a problem solution without searching in Google:

When you close your IDE without saving the code:

When you try to fix a bug at 3 AM:

When your regular expression returns what you expect:

When my boss reported me that the module I have been working will never be used:

When I show to my boss that I have fixed a bug:

When I upload a code without tests and it works as expected:

When marketing folks show to developers what they have 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 the weekend and everyone else is at the office trying to fix all issues:

When your boss finds someone to fix a critical bug:

When you receive an extra paid if the project ends before the deadline:

When something that had worked on Friday and on Monday did not work:

When you develop without specifications:

When the boss tells me that ‘tests are for those who don’t know how to code’:

When I show the boss that I have finally fixed this bug

When my project manager enters the office

 

This sums up a Developer’s Life!

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Further reading

• Engineering Leadership — the hub for the less funny side of developer and team life.
• The Role of a CTO in a Fast-Growing Startup — what happens after the 3 AM bug fixes: builder to leader.
• The 20x Team Manifesto — what elite developer life looks like in the AI era.