5 Nightmares Every Web Developer Dreads

5 Nightmares Every Web Developer Dreads
While everyone and their aunt talks about things developers dig, what coders love to
create and so on, we are surprised how nobody is talking about what developers love to
hate, the coding horrors that give them nightmares.
With a team of sharp web developers working on some of the best websites designed
and developed in Ahmedabad India, we have learnt at close quarters about the
many things that keep our talented techies up at night, things they dread. And they are…
1. FIXING SOMEONE ELSE’S BAD CODE AND BUGS
The one thing that every developer fears while joining a new company, is the cleanup job
of any project developed by someone else. Developers hate touching someone else’s
code. And it’s a horror story if the code they’re working on is lengthy, unreadable,
complex, riddled with bugs and LIVE.
Wondering why this happens so often? That’s because developers, just like writers and
painters, have their own style of coding. A good developer will always document his/her
code, to ensure the sanity of anyone who might have to work on their code in future.
Yes, this includes themselves too.
Of course documentation is a painful process and it’s the second most hated thing for
most developers, but without it, any new developer will have to scour through thousands
of lines of the original code to figure out what the former developer was thinking. And
trust us, it is a NIGHTMARE!
2. THIS, THAT, EVERYTHING IS A TOP PRIORITY!
Three developers walk into a bar, they start discussing their priority tasks and bugs. The
bartender chipped in, “I KNOW, RIGHT… THAT’S WHY I CHOSE BARTENDING
OVER CODING!”
Developers absolutely hate it when their project managers come up to them and keep
adding new “top-priority” tasks on their plate and still expect them to complete all the
previously ongoing ones at the end of the day.Prioritizing means ranking tasks on the
basis of its importance and urgency. It’s not rocket science for anyone to not get it. Of
the many developers we have worked with while offering
website development and web design services in
Ahmedabad, most of us have recalled of instances
where they have been expected to work on two projects
in parallel or multitask because Task A and Task B both
are ‘Top Priority’
Surprise, surprise, that’s not how it is supposed to work!
It’s just a pure case of bad management and project
heads and team leads cannot blame their developers for
their poor estimation of deadlines.
3. MEETINGS, A LOT OF THEM!
THIS MEETING COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL!
Developers absolutely hate it when they are pulled
into “quick meetings” that last close to an hour and
have no clear objective or agenda. This causes
interruptions in the flow of their work and forces
them to clock extra hours in the office to finish
their work for their “Top Priority” projects.
Badly run meetings or “brainstorming sessions”
can end up wasting the developer’s valuable
working hours and break their flow of thought,
which then leads to difficulty in getting back into
the zone to write code.
So, the next time a developer says he/she is looking forward to the weekend, they aren’t
making plans to hang out with friends, relax or go on a date (hope we didn’t touch a
nerve there), but to finish their pending tasks with focus and in absolute isolation (okay,
that’s the last one, we promise).
4. JUST ONE MORE THING
Office Space came close, but we’re actually surprised why Hollywood or Bollywood
hasn’t made a movie on a developer who goes on a rampage after his/her project
manager came up to the desk and said “Hey, one more thing..” and added another new,
difficult task on their plate.
Yes, we know that priorities
change during the course of the
day and not every task list can be
followed to the T in website
development and design. But it
makes the life of a developer easier
if the smaller things in web design
can be planned before the actual
development begins. We’re talking
about the last minute, unclear requirements that crop up once the demo is ready.
Too many last minute additions and that “Just One More Thing” could wreck the code
and further ruin the design philosophy of the entire product. One product cannot please
all!
5. PEOPLE SEEKING “TECH CO-FOUNDERS”
Ever wondered what do developers talk about and laugh out loud with their other
developer buddies during lunch break or around the water cooler? It’s the number of
times they have been asked to join hands with
their ‘non-developer’ friends as the “Tech Co-
Founders” for their “Path-breaking Digital
Solutions” company.
No, we haven’t lifted a scene straight out of The
Big Bang Theory (Remember Jimmy Speckman
and his great 3D glasses idea?). Developers
absolutely hate it when their friends and families expect them to build products and
softwares that fulfill their wild fantasies, and further accept the fancy titles given to
them for being the “co-founder” of the startup.
Ever wondered why? Because people who approach developers to join their start-ups as
their tech co-founders have absolutely no idea how web development works and they are
the ones who have watched “The Social Network” and got inspired to create the next big
tech idea.
And no, this wasn’t a rant by our tech lead, but just an ode to all the talented and
hardworking developers around the world who have worked with us and are working
with many other companies, having developed some of the best products. We hear you
guys, and you all are awesome! And oh btw, in case you were looking for a web design
company to work with in Ahmedabad that just gets it, you know who to contact.
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