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I get hung up in a number of ways, but the most severe is when I'm trying to learn how the existing system works. I'll be listlessly paging back and forth between spaghetti code cl…

Big things like agreeing to start coding without requirements. Little things like inconsistent return conventions or code disagreeing with documentation comment blocks. People are …

See "this is serial" above. I took about 9 months off. Didn't really do any coding at all.

My job is about as good as it gets. I believe in the work, the people are great, it's interesting and affects lots of people. The downside is the codebase is old and has problems, …

This is serial. I've lost a couple of jobs in a row from this. Luckily I still have a reputation earned from some years ago. Plus, I interview well. People still give me jobs. Mana…

What do you do if you feel you have all the advantages when it comes to programming -- intelligence, experience, passion, knowledge -- and yet they seem to desert you when you sit …