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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. 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
  2. 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.

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

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