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Does programming frustrate you?

Survey period: 12 Oct 2015 to 19 Oct 2015

It's the ultimate game of "do as I want, not as I say" and it requires patience and tenacity. Does it frustrate you, or does your zen calm hold?

OptionVotes% 
I often find it frustrating969.62
I sometimes find programming frustrating42642.69
I rarely find it frustrating24924.95
Programming is never frustrating for me21421.44
I don't program131.30



 
GeneralProgramming itself, no, but... Pin
Franc Morales11-Oct-15 21:33
Franc Morales11-Oct-15 21:33 
GeneralSometimes... Pin
Sander Rossel11-Oct-15 21:08
professionalSander Rossel11-Oct-15 21:08 
GeneralRe: Sometimes... Pin
RUs12311-Oct-15 22:21
RUs12311-Oct-15 22:21 
GeneralRe: Sometimes... Pin
CDP180211-Oct-15 23:26
CDP180211-Oct-15 23:26 
GeneralRe: Sometimes... Pin
Agent__00711-Oct-15 22:26
professionalAgent__00711-Oct-15 22:26 
GeneralRe: Sometimes... Pin
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter11-Oct-15 22:56
professionalKornfeld Eliyahu Peter11-Oct-15 22:56 
GeneralRe: Sometimes... Pin
Sander Rossel12-Oct-15 5:24
professionalSander Rossel12-Oct-15 5:24 
Generalthings which appears right but is not Pin
R. Erasmus11-Oct-15 20:46
R. Erasmus11-Oct-15 20:46 
What especially frustrates me is code which appears right, but isn't. Usually small things... when the brain reads it very fast, it sees it as being right... A similar experience as writing a sentence with only the first and last letters matching, where you can read the whole sentence. I read over the code multiple times not finding anything wrong with it... eventually I start doubting my own logic and fixing things not really broken. The frustration usually helps my problem solving as when I hit my f'et switch is usually the point when I solve the problem. Weird, but that is how it works for me. The f'et switch is usually the point where I gather all the information I've gathered in the frustrating journey and try the thing I haven't which is usually the problem... But it happens in a moment, all things come together at once. Its like taking a really deep thought filtering though all the gathered info searching for what is missing. That has its rewards in it self.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
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GeneralNo... Pin
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter11-Oct-15 19:33
professionalKornfeld Eliyahu Peter11-Oct-15 19:33 
GeneralFrustrating Pin
Mike Hankey11-Oct-15 18:15
mveMike Hankey11-Oct-15 18:15 
GeneralRe: Frustrating PinPopular
Vivi Chellappa11-Oct-15 19:36
professionalVivi Chellappa11-Oct-15 19:36 
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Mike Hankey11-Oct-15 19:45
mveMike Hankey11-Oct-15 19:45 
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OriginalGriff11-Oct-15 19:55
mveOriginalGriff11-Oct-15 19:55 
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RUs12311-Oct-15 22:23
RUs12311-Oct-15 22:23 
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Rob Grainger11-Oct-15 22:39
Rob Grainger11-Oct-15 22:39 
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CPallini13-Oct-15 11:21
mveCPallini13-Oct-15 11:21 

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