| ▲ | mavamaarten 13 hours ago | |
Honestly, my biggest programming pet peeves are not really technical but social. Constantly working on moving targets, being responsible for both fleshing out and building these moving targets, having to estimate work and then being told that that takes too long, ... | ||
| ▲ | dehrmann 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> Constantly working on moving targets, being responsible for both fleshing out and building these moving targets, These are inherent to what you're working on. If you want something more planned, you might enjoy lower-level software or working at a mature company. Device drivers? Car control logic? Startups and consumer product companies are always trying to find the best product-market fit, and you do that by iterating. | ||
| ▲ | arduinomancer 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Yeah for me figuring out _what_ to build and estimating it are the biggest problems day to day | ||