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Dev life is depressing:

Application Status

Total Applications: 20

Open: 1

Closed: 19

Total Responses

Received: 13

Pending: 1

No Response: 5

Application Progress

Initial Screen Results

Passed: 5

Failed: 9

Pending: 1

None: 5

Assessment Results

Passed: 4

Failed: 0

Pending: 1

None: 15

Interview Results

Passed: 1

Failed: 2

Pending: 1

None: 16

Final Outcomes

Accepted: 0

Rejected: 18

Withdrawn: 0

Pending: 1

Recruitment Reserve: 2

Statistics

Average Response Time: 9.1 days

Percentage of No Response: 25.0%

Applications by Year

2023: 1

2024: 14

2025: 5

Applications by Year and Month

2023-07: 1

2024-01: 1

2024-02: 1

2024-03: 1

2024-04: 1

2024-09: 3

2024-10: 3

2024-11: 2

2024-12: 2

2025-01: 2

2025-02: 1

2025-03: 2

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Don't believe the hype(s)

I accidentally posted a Photoshopped image of my boss in her teams channel. I deleted it immediately, but I believe she saw it briefly. She never mentioned it, but things have been awkward ever since.

Today I found out when a user logs in in this piece of crap: 59 calls to the api just to get user permissions 😤

I'm done...

Today another story in this stupid company:
A freelancer created a feature to pay orders online . It took him 3 months (!)
Problem: sometimes people pay, but orders are not stored. Every morning, it takes 1 hour to check in db if the orders are stored, and if not, create them manualy
Yes, orders are created after payment.
Manager wants to fix it by creating the order before the payment, in 3 days (!)
Turns out that the freelancer has written a lot of obsolete code, I now have to clean up. 3 fucking months vs 3 fucking days!
And on top, the shoppingcart was stored in localstorage! (Already fixed by now)
Fuck this, I'm getting another wodka

Dropbox TLS 1.0 & 1.1 is deprecated
Dev: we need to upgrade our projects
Manager: we don't have time for that. can you call to their helpdesk, so we can keep using our projects w/o upgrading?
Dev: ....
Manager: call them!
Dev: ...

Me: removed appsettings.development.json from git index, because every time we pull, we have to correct the files of 8 api's, just to be able to build that ducktape solution

Other devs: we can't build anymore, our appsettings.development.json are gone!!!!!

Manager: (total silence on my 'good morning') you broke our application!!!!

Me: checks 8 appsettings.development.json in

Almost everybody HAPPY

After I graduated, I found a junior job in a company where I already knew the only dev, who has been working there for 6 years. Immediately after I signed the contract, the manager told me that the other guy was leaving the company in one month... Horror!

Client has decided to buy another server because the old one is too slow

Manager: how long will it take to move our apps to the new server
Me: maybe 3-4 hours

15 hours later
Manager: why isn't it finished yet?
Me: because I have to install a lot of missing things on the new server, and I have to google a lot to find them
Me (thinking): because your 15-years old apps suck big time

3 weeks ago
Client: when can we go in production, we want x and y
Boss: 13/12

Absolute Silence

Today 8/12
Boss: how long will it take for bringing this in production on 13/12?
Me: I'll do my best to get it ready on time
Boss: Why will it take 2 workdays?
Me: because client asks x and y
Boss: so?
Me: x and y is not ready
Boss: x and y can' t take two days, it must be ready now
Me: You said 13/12?
Boss: client wants to test before production
Me: ... 😡

Where did things go wrong here?

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Client: bug: downloading invoice pdf filename is F0000%20client%20project.pdf, fix this!

Dev: Safari browser has this problem since 2014, options are installing chrome on mac or saving file as F0000_client_project.pdf

Client: no, fix this!

Dev: 😫

Client: I can't use the copy button
Manager: It's data related, other clients can do that
Me: FUCK, it's friday...

Friday meeting 2 hours before the weekend:
Manager: I want this and this and that and that feature implemented.
Me: Ok, next week I'll do it.

Monday meeting 2 hours after the weekend:
Manager: Have you already implemented this and this and that and that feature you promised to do?
Me: No