Worst dev advice?

My first manager said, "You're young and single. You don't have a family. You should spend all of your waking hours on work."

Me thinking, "I understand the importance of extra effort the first few years but I do have a life. One that I intend to enjoy."

Definitely not an "advice"...and definitely not a subtle attempt to squeeze you out

Investing more time rarely leads to more productivity. The amount of hours you can be truly productive as a developer is kind of hard capped.

You can tweak it by alternating thinking and writing, by working on something which motivates you, by working in a distraction free environment, but even then it's difficult to squeeze out more than 8h a day.

Your manager is jealous :D

WORK HARDER! Your bosses' yacht won't pay for itself, so go make his day by pouring your life into work!

Very accurate translation @purrcat :P

Had a couple bosses like this. And I'm NOT single and doing nothing else. @purrcat, shortly after I quit my last job (because I wasn't getting paid enough) and trained my replacement the boss did go out and buy a huge boat. So much for him saying he couldn't pay me more.

windows: cant uninstall because program is still running
me: *opens task manager* ITS NOT RUNNING
windows: cant uninstall because program is still running

for gods sake, ill just restart the fucking computer

@nickj maybe it's running as a service

@Kamaropoulos true, didnt check but lmao i already restarted my computer

Yolo ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @nickj

My boss told me the same...
Wanted me to do extra hours while I was studying at night.
(A few days before tried to force me to quit class... Like a 2 year formation that got me this job...)
Cause of that prick I flunked two times, did impossible exams (for a student, even other teachers told me they would never pass) and didn't got top grades cause of missing class (no matter the grade I only got the minimum). Could be the best of my class and got a burn out out of it... Two years ago, still not well.
When I confronted him (telling him I was sick cause of his fault) he told me I just had to work more...
Just waiting for the time he does it again to other that won't mind making a complaint... I didn't cause this is the best molding company in the area...
Basically he committed crimes in the name of the company, if I made a complaint the company could close till the investigation is over

At least that boss wasn't sitting next to you, while watching a video explaining how to use employees like money digging goblins, like I previously said on a rant.

That's what a master says to his slaves...
Don't worry, Deneris is coming

Screw that guy. I'm single, young and not a slave. If you want me to work extra hours for no more pay then I'll just start my own company.

Ouch... good advice would be “you’re young and single, fix that second part before the first part breaks”