Comments on: Go Go Go http://digitalbush.com/2009/02/18/go-go-go/ Tales of a Tormented Software Developer Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anthonyhttp://digitalbush.com/2009/02/18/go-go-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2429 Anthony Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:16:17 +0000 http://digitalbush.com/?p=331#comment-2429 Nailed it. 'I get to do more work so that you can look adequate. Awesome.'That whole paragraph sums up my entire day... daily. Credit is given in a 'thanks man,' and maybe an 'i owe you one' but that NEVER comes from the important people. Just the ignorant SOB who slacked off on their task, and rely on you to drop everything to get it done.. 'Cuz your their 'buddy'.I say 'SCREW YOU' to all you management types who drop this crap on your developers! *Well, ok maybe I don't say that, more like, sure I can get that done... Nailed it. ‘I get to do more work so that you can look adequate. Awesome.’

That whole paragraph sums up my entire day… daily. Credit is given in a ‘thanks man,’ and maybe an ‘i owe you one’ but that NEVER comes from the important people. Just the ignorant SOB who slacked off on their task, and rely on you to drop everything to get it done.. ‘Cuz your their ‘buddy’.

I say ‘SCREW YOU’ to all you management types who drop this crap on your developers! *Well, ok maybe I don’t say that, more like, sure I can get that done…

]]> By: Bruno De Barroshttp://digitalbush.com/2009/02/18/go-go-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2420 Bruno De Barros Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:19:23 +0000 http://digitalbush.com/?p=331#comment-2420 Oh my god, yes. >.< That really sounds like me. I especially dislike it when I get a call from one of the customers and they say they need a small change, they start saying that it shouldn't be anything big, that it's only doing this or that, so I should have it done in a day or two. Most of the times, they are dead wrong, and their small change on the outside (the UI) implies a massive change on the inside (the code). And I can't seem to get the message through to them. And they expect me to do it in a day, when it requires much more time than that.@Jared, you're right there. I work as a freelancer (I've created the Terra Duo Group with a friend of mine, but we're still in the process of setting it up, which is hard due to the workload that I've been getting lately from projects that "need to be done yesterday", in your words), and quite a few of my customers are start-ups, and I see that kind of behavior in them. At least I have the freedom to turn a customer down if I already have too many projects in progress. :P Oh my god, yes. >.< That really sounds like me. I especially dislike it when I get a call from one of the customers and they say they need a small change, they start saying that it shouldn’t be anything big, that it’s only doing this or that, so I should have it done in a day or two. Most of the times, they are dead wrong, and their small change on the outside (the UI) implies a massive change on the inside (the code). And I can’t seem to get the message through to them. And they expect me to do it in a day, when it requires much more time than that.

@Jared, you’re right there. I work as a freelancer (I’ve created the Terra Duo Group with a friend of mine, but we’re still in the process of setting it up, which is hard due to the workload that I’ve been getting lately from projects that “need to be done yesterday”, in your words), and quite a few of my customers are start-ups, and I see that kind of behavior in them. At least I have the freedom to turn a customer down if I already have too many projects in progress. :P

]]> By: Jaredhttp://digitalbush.com/2009/02/18/go-go-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2416 Jared Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:10:18 +0000 http://digitalbush.com/?p=331#comment-2416 unfortunately this sounds all to familiar to me, and it is probably a symptom of both the economy and (more-likely) small startup culture.Most smaller companies out there are chasing down the dollars as fast as they can in order to stay alive and they aren't really thinking about the cost of maintaining this customer in 6 months.I'm not sure if you work at a startup or not but I've worked at 3 small startups now and it seems that the "i need this yesterday" attitude runs rampant in those environments.I know I'm probably not helping but I've been there, if your company wasn't like this before it will more than likely go back to the way it was, and if not well, no job is worth your sanity. unfortunately this sounds all to familiar to me, and it is probably a symptom of both the economy and (more-likely) small startup culture.

Most smaller companies out there are chasing down the dollars as fast as they can in order to stay alive and they aren’t really thinking about the cost of maintaining this customer in 6 months.

I’m not sure if you work at a startup or not but I’ve worked at 3 small startups now and it seems that the “i need this yesterday” attitude runs rampant in those environments.

I know I’m probably not helping but I’ve been there, if your company wasn’t like this before it will more than likely go back to the way it was, and if not well, no job is worth your sanity.

]]> By: Aaronhttp://digitalbush.com/2009/02/18/go-go-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 Aaron Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:14:12 +0000 http://digitalbush.com/?p=331#comment-2415 Emery, I blame you! Emery, I blame you!

]]> By: Emeryhttp://digitalbush.com/2009/02/18/go-go-go/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 Emery Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:16:03 +0000 http://digitalbush.com/?p=331#comment-2413 That's really intense. Hope things calm down for you. That’s really intense. Hope things calm down for you.

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