I’m a programmer, so this is pretty much a constant thing haha. Sometimes you write the smartest shit imaginable, and sometimes you waste 4 hours on something extremely simple.
“mental block” is real
I’ve had many other jobs and few experiences in them have been as humbling as programming. My favorite is trying everything to fix an issue then realizing the problem is that you’re pointing at the wrong database or running the wrong branch.
Added an extra shelf to my shoe rack today. After measuring, cutting, drilling, even made little notches below the shelf, barely putting the shelf in because of hinges in the way, vacuuming the mess, halfway packing up my tools and call it a successful day and… doors won’t close because of the hinges on the doors hitting the shelf. Moved it 5mm lower after drilling another set of holes.
I got lost and almost stuck out on a hiking trail in the desert after dark. It was raining, I was soaked through, and so was my dog. It wasn’t supposed to rain, and I’d taken this hike before. Granted, never by myself, but still.
Luckily I found my way back to the trail head just as it was getting pitch black, but I was seriously scared there for a bit. I kept apologizing to my dog for being so fucking stupid to go on a two hour hike in the late afternoon with no emergency gear and no “just in case” rain protection.
…this happened 5 hour ago, btw, I can’t sleep, I think I’m still in shock a bit at how close I came to possibly dying. And for bringing my dog down with me.
And this is why I carry a ton of crap with me whenever I go in the woods or on the water. Pretty sure my friends poke fun at me.
Asked my dad’s permission to go see the eclipse next month
I’m almost 30
What if he said no?
While trying to mount a speaker:
Where’s my drill bit?
Where’s the mount?
Where’s my pencil?
Where’s my level?
Where’s the mount?
WHERE ARE THE SCISSORS?
I JUST HAD MY FUCKING DRILL BIT!
GOD DAMNIT, JUST LET ME MOUNT THIS THING, WHERE IS MY PENCIL?
Every time I try to do anything. I’m probably undiagnosed ADHD, tbh.
I was laid off this year. I’m a 25 year veteran programmer, and not to brag in the sea of tech folks we have here, but I am rather proud of my skills I have picked up over the years.
My first interview this year, they set up an online development environment and had me solve a fairly simple array sort problem, and I completely choked. Something about being watched and judged while I worked broke my brain.
I managed to ace my next interview, but they didn’t bother with the programming exercise at all.
For some reason, I wanted to try the new Dutchman burger that people were talking about online, and right as I took the first bit, I instantly remembered that the buns are replaced with onions and my body doesn’t like that much onion all at once.
About half the things I said in an interview for a new job.
Looking for my phone… while holding the damn thing in my hand.
Yep. On multiple occasions I’ve said down the phone to someone that I’ve lost my phone.
Looking for my phone… while holding the damn thing in my hand.
Home, night, lights turned off, trying to locate my phone before going to bed WHILE using the phones flashlight.
Starting to do tasks that other employees wouldn’t touch with a 10’ pole due to complexity and now having to deal with the consequences including being assigned more complex tasks… I’m making myself essential I guess, but in a union job it’s not as if I can negotiate for a better salary…
You can always negotiate for a higher group ahead of time, or boni, additional benefits, etc.
Not in my job, negotiation happens on hire only and I started with zero knowledge like most of us, my brain is just wired for the kind of tasks we do so I more do stuff people with more experience wouldn’t be able to do and until I get a promotion it just means I end up working harder for the same wage as my colleagues when I could be doing the same tasks as them which I have an easier time with 🤷
Every day I wake up and go to work and realize just how stupid of an idea that was.
Every day I wake up
and go to workand realize just how stupid of an idea that was.fixed that for me
Everything that I’ve ever done
Be an iPhone enjoyer and defend Apple here on Lemmy.
There’s no beating the hive mind.
My battery on my Samsung die during class cause i forgot to charge it, and no joke, my friend who owns an iPhone says “maybe you should get an iPhone because of that.”
Sounds like a shitty friend. Idk why your comment is relevant
iPhone user bad. Weren’t you listening?
Woke up.
Fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head.
Went downstairs and had a cup
Why is that dumb?
Did the same mistake three times
