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80% of programmers are NOT happy… why? - YouTube (youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've been on my project for 23 years. I haven't written production code for ten of those years. There are still commits in the production branch with my name on them. Is both gratifying and mortifying.

I was talking with two other "old-timers" today about our inability to pay off tech debt because our teams are never given the time to do it

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Thank you for writing this. You make me feel better about my lack of writing code.

[–] NostraDavid 4 points 3 months ago

never given the time to do it

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than to get permission.