Why I Hate Coding Sometimes | Software Developer Vlog

Hi friends! Taking you on a day in the life as a software developer with me and also talking very openly about why I just hate coding sometimes! I hope you enjoy this!

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[qanniee]

"You really need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable" since you need to learn new skills everyday. I feel that. I am a data scientist and I need to learn endless new skills for each new project. I feel constantly frustrated and overwhelmed. I really loved hearing your experience, it's so relatable. I constantly question if there's an easier path out there and if I belong in this field. I don't like deadlines, I do enjoy non-stop learning, being self-motivated, working alone and not talking to anyone. I feel stuck and don't know what I'll enjoy more or might feel better to me.

[jonathancohen]

I started coding in 1972 and I still love it. When I find myself getting stuck, I step back and look at it as a puzzle to solve as to how to methodically find the answer or find a way around whatever is blocking me. I know that in the end I will have learned something important. As for side projects, it is super important for your long term career to always be learning new things outside the confines of your job, unless you are so fortunate that you can do that kind of research in your day job. It doesn't have to be big, hard projects. Just little fun things so that you can see what other people are up to. Then you can decide if you want to dive into something deeper.

[CareerWatch]

I have been on 4 different dev teams. Many of the older developers I have met have lost the passion they once had for coding. It's really important not to get burned out. It's a marathon and not a sprint.

[wls]

The important thing here is, that kind of thoughts in this case bad thoughts about what you're doing with your life and why are you "coding" is totally normal, and that no means you have to change your carreer it means you have to keep focus of what you love doing and understand that no one carrer is 100% gratifying.

[rajatbansal]

Nice one Tiff! Its totally normal to be hating coding sometimes. For me this happen especially when requirements are unclear or the stuff is just not working.
In that situation, I force myself to step away from the keyboard and make tea/coffee or do whatever I like. I realized subconsciously I am still thinking about the problem and next time I sit on the keyboard, it all begins to come together. Sometimes our brains just need a break. Importance of breaks is really underestimated.

[evaveegee]

SO recognizable!! But I hear seniors saying they had the same when they were more junior and that gives hope. I always remember to just wait till the eureka moments come back🤪

[moirarinn]

Thanks for keeping it real. I have definitely felt this way, especially when the bug ends up being some silly little thing that I just over looked or over thought. Sometimes it can be really defeating and the imposture syndrome kicks in, but I guess all we can do is learn from it and keep going. <3

[Barnardrab]

I know the feeling. Sometimes, I'll think "This will take 5 minutes" and then 3 days pass.

[romanbakovskyi]

I'm also mainly programming for 8 hours at work from monday to friday and generally that's it for me. I'm also not the type of programmer that would learn programming 24/7 especiallyoff the working hours. I love this intellectual challenge (effort) and knowing at least something (if not a lot) about what we use in our devices on a daily basis is definitely a huge "pro" rather than a "con". I love the potential for what you could have done once really digging all of the aspects of programming but deep inside - I'm a professional brass player in heart for the last 15 years and I love spending my time on improving this side of my personality once not at work. So I'm glad to hear I'm not alone in this and for the couple of months professional project experience I had - Oh yeah, had my kilograms of frustrations that were quite heavy on me ))) Thank you.

Btw - your shirt is beyond greatness )

[JoseDlucca]

I really needed this video. I see all this people talking about how love coding, code 24/7, have 2534 side projects and I just dont work that way. After all day coding on work, the less I wanna do is more coding in a sideproject

[jessicarodrigues-dlouhy]

I needed to hear that!!
Thank you so much. ❤️👩🏻‍💻

[johnwayne]

Even the best and most passionate developers hate coding sometimes. This is true for all professionals actually, no matter how mu h you enjoy your work there are days when you are tired of it

[Abo-El-Fotoh]

Seeing seniors like those, if we look at it from a positive perspective, can give you hope that this stage of certainty is reachable. And one day you will be there.

[fernandogonzalez-qvnh]

Hi Tiff, I'm Fernando from Argentina. First of all, thanks for being so sincere about how you feel, it helps me a lot to make an important decision in my life: my job is safe and well paid, but I don't like it. I have 39 years old, I have two little daughters and I'm studying Computer Science. Certainly I don't know if I would like to live coding every day because I never work as a developer before, but I know that I want a change and your video helps me to think about it. It's very important what you said about get frustated, as I have a safe job I don't get frustrated a lot and I think that is an important thing to experiment if you want to grow as a person, so I want to learn how to deal with it. So get frustrated! Regards.

[angeltovar]

you know what, I like the point of view that u have of coding. That makes it better for me! Thanks for these videos. I wanna learn for you.

[ZurioSi]

Sometimes I lose motivation too, but when I sit down at the computer and start programming, it somehow magically comes back to me, I don't know how, but it always works that way...

[tiagoaicapital]

great video.. and yes coding sometime can burn you out that is why i switch to AWS solution Architect (but always do whatever make you happy and motivated)

[survivor]

Such days do come in your career when you don't want to do what you are passionate about like coding in an assembly line manner. You don't want to attend boring standups, and fix neverending queue of bugs. You want something out of routine, something new, something innovative and fulfilling, where you don't have to race against time. I myself who has banked over 25 years' IT experience ran into such situation few years before. I started exploring different rolls within IT, and tried to compare them with what I wanted, found the right match and after few years' of effort landed into that area. I still love coding, but now I code for my passion not to fix bugs, and don't have to attend standups every morning.

[wolf]

Coding can sometimes be daunting to me, especially exams. I have an attention deficit disorder and it is really hard for me to stay seated while coding. I usually don't start making progress until I get up and start analyzing patterns on a whiteboard. But when that eureka moment comes to mind, my dopamine levels go up and I wanna keep solving more problems all day long. I'm CS freshman and I like your videos. They're really helpful. Keep making great things.

[randyyuwono]

It makes sense to me. I am just starting to learn embedded programming, and I self-learn most things. I get frustrated sometimes with the pace of my progress.I have spent a day debugging just trying to do a simple function! I find when I take a break, or when you’re not actually coding, you might find the solution.

I couldn’t agree more that too much of anything is not good. I’ve experienced the “hustle” culture where you work constantly even after hours, which made me burnout and make things I initially enjoyed non-enjoyable. Specifically for coding, personally I’d rather spend an extra day to solve the problem rather than cram it all in one single debugging session.