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Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In?

Posted by samzenpus on from the 150-of-us-in-a-shoebox-in-the-middle-of-the-road dept.

sausaw writes "I recently had to write code in a hot dusty room for 20 days with temperatures near 107F (~41C); having nothing to sit on; a 64 Kbps inconsistent internet connection; warm water for drinking and a lot of distractions and interruptions. I am sure many people have been in similar situations and would like to know your experiences."

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  1. Laugher in cube next to me by Sybert42 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Those guffaws are annoying.

  2. Under pressure by mmkkbb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No matter the physical environment, nothing is an intense and scary as the pressure that mounts above you as you attempt to code on a customer's premises, on production code, trying to find a problem you didn't cause and barely understand, with no connectivity and no source control and no opportunity for QA.

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    -mkb
    1. Re:Under pressure by NormalVisual · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Then again, if you do fix it, you get to be the hero.

      Which only means all the above parties quit bitching at you. No financial reward or other recognition of your effort should be expected, at least in my experience.

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      Please stand clear of the doors, por favor mantenganse alejado de las puertas
  3. Re:Why is this being posted everywhere? by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or a sadist in management looking to see what they can get away with.

  4. Re:Prayer meetings by macdaddy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously, you need to name names. You need to blog this one.