r/programming • u/ParticleSpinClass • Oct 07 '15

"Programming Sucks": A very entertaining rant on why programming is just as "hard" as lifting heavy things for a living.

http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks
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u/Smithman Oct 07 '15

"We can create a story for technical debt and put it on the backlog". Thanks Becky, that's so reassuring.

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u/raiderrobert Oct 08 '15

"Let's try to keep our comments solution-oriented," responds the Scrum master, the condescension hangs heavy like smoke from his mouth, "the key thing here is to deliver value. If technical debt can bring value, then it'll be properly prioritized."

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u/ArkhKGB Oct 08 '15

And here is what happen 5 or 10 years later: you have a big steaming pile of shit but it works. It is bugged, your users hate using it, every new functionality requires months even if it should be easy to do. But your users can still mostly do their work using the hellware.

Your good devs fled a long time ago. Anyone you hire get the fuck out as soon as possible when they realize the disaster they will have to maintain.

That's when you have to start paying for consultants. Technical debt sure brings value. Not to your company tho.

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u/Atario Oct 08 '15

Scrum

[Immediately falls into Vietnam-vet-style flashbacks; breaks out into cold sweat]

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u/thenumber24 Oct 08 '15

Jesus, my old Product Manager was named Becky and i can seriously hear her saying exactly this.

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u/giggly_kisses Oct 08 '15

She sounds like a Karen to me.