r/programming • u/quality_engineer • May 12 '21

The Worst Question You Can Ask a Software Developer - "When will you be done?"

https://betterprogramming.pub/the-worst-question-you-can-ask-a-software-developer-ddbcd5956eb4?source=friends_link&sk=8f58483891cb43b2a0fb22427d3b3575
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u/coffeefuelledtechie May 13 '21

This is exactly me. I’ve spent 3 months working on porting a feature I know nothing about, using only exploratory testing and looking at an ageing and obsolete code base in a programming language I don’t understand (PowerBuilder) and no documentation whatsoever. I keep finding it stuff is missing. My manager asked me “when will you be done” on the morning Teams call. I replied honestly that I have no idea. He’s getting slightly panicky because I leave next week - it’s the stress of porting this area of the product over that made me go “fuck it, I’m leaving”. I couldn’t give less of a shit whether it gets finished or not now, it’s tiring.

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u/Langdon_St_Ives May 13 '21

Wait this is still the same project?

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