7 Things That Annoy The Heck Out Of Programmers

It takes a special type of person to be a programmer. We non technical people have bad habits that can drive programmers up the wall. Do you do any of these things? Have a few laughs on us and get to know our amazing team and software at www.webconnex.com/careers

[@tschriv]

Project manager. The guy who thinks 9 women can deliver a baby in 1 month.

[@ira_iz_kaira]

🤣

[@amankharbanda14]

Well put 😂😂😂😂

[@guramanmehta2586]

Irrespective of industry PMs are everywhere the same 🤣. ( Car manufacturing guy here)

[@arshadpakkali]

🤣😂🤣😂 that's soo true

[@asandax6]

😂😂😂

[@CombuskenKid]

How about constantly being moved between projects because the company refuses to hire more developers

[@asandax6]

Who needs more developers when you have someone to ping pong 😂

[@aaronbono4688]

How about being given additional work / projects because the company won't hire?

[@juwonadaniel]

Man, i would be quitting my current firm next month october this year, because of this problem, i don't get to learn new stuff because there are always tight deadlines and then many projects that i bounce from one to the other

[@bosnianowitzkifan41]

THE WORST

[@billtheboneless]

exactly same here, I've been moved from software developer to analyst, then data scientist, then database administrator, and now I think I don't have any title, I'm simply the ONE MAN ARMY in their mind

[@scottfranco1962]

As a programmer, there is only one thing that really annoys me. So the customers app crashes, can you fix it? sure. I need an estimate how long that will take. Umm, I have no idea what the cause is, so an estimate will be hard. Comeon, I just need approximately how long it will take. If I knew what the cause was closely enough to make an estimate, then I could just fix the bug. I need a time estimate. Ok, 2 weeks. That's too long. We need it by next week. Ok, next week. Ok, thanks. [next week...] Did you fix the bug yet? Still working on it. But you said you would have it done by this week! Arrrrgggggg!

[@Wayloz]

Love how throughout all of this, the programmers never say a thing.

[@dimitriostsobanopoulos7]

That's because there is no need to waste energy on someone's vague and disconnected thoughts :)

[@Wayloz]

Fair 'nough..

[@yungifez]

Actually they could have just opened their browser console to see everything he was saying

[@Wayloz]

@@yungifez Did they hack the Matrix? I'm confused lol

[@yungifez]

@@Wayloz lol no idea 😂😂😂

[@mikeshane2048]

This is so true. In the end most people don't even appreciate the hard work of the programmer, and act like they've built it by themselves. Plus they get all the credit. So unfair in many levels.

[@StarzzDrak]

@DC - TLC nah without programmers our world wouldn't be even assembly

[@ungeschaut]

I get that alot by my leader. He calls my work his....is that even legal?

[@h.hristov]

@@ungeschaut sadly yes and that’s what pisses me off too

[@eig5203]

If they get paid it's fine right?

[@datboi1861]

@@eig5203 Tbh it kinda sucks when people treat you like you don't exist when you're basically the reason for their success

[@rando1090]

#4 the look on his face I can relate to on a deeply emotional level

[@ericritter46]

I was just saying to myself "#4 is me.... every.... day"

[@FeinesFabi]

2020 Edition: - Can you all see my screen? - We can only have 15 people in the Slack call. Let's use Teams! - Baby crying in the background / Child in front of webcam

[@davidzof]

I was in a zoom the other day and a guy was supposed to be giving a presentation and all we got was a dog barking at the screen - he'd gone for a crap, the guy not the dog, and the dog had gotten into his home office to find out what all the chatter on the TV thing was about.

[@supernova5434]

Why cant we just use some Pull Stack Development to make our own meeting software?

[@timmy7201]

I trained my cat to jump backwards in front of the camera with his tail up, out of protest for my managers ridiculously long meetings which are utterly useless for me.

[@BraveLobster4567]

Dude. The guy's face at 1:35 . I feel that in my soul.

[@onion69420]

'I want this here to be this here' In the ears of programmers-We are gonna have to either delete half of the code or start from scratch

[@leilanidoofy90]

“No traffic at 7, I’ll buy dinner “ 🤣

[@pim691]

If I were living alone, I wouldn't mind doing this every so often

[@Primalinstincts101]

I'd actually be okay with this lol. But then again, that's cause I live alone...

[@greywolf187]

sometimes i wouldnt mind that, but it has to be dinner and a videogame

[@nevinkuser9892]

@@sharanpatil5624 I'll do it.

[@inanitas]

I am working 7 days a week regularly, because my boss doesn't want to hire new people (well he does but he is not willing to pay the price they want). I am not even getting the amount of money that is typical in my area.

[@timmy7201]

Reminds me of my previous workplace... They hired me as software developer, but before I knew it I became also the network and help-desk person. With other words, impossible to concentrate for more than 5 min... I tried 'the headphone rule', a sign 'In the zone!', another sign 'Concentrating! Do not disturb!', even went home in the middle of the day... Nothing helped... I eventually left that company for their disrespect...

[@akarapongboonrat9338]

bro thats just like from my previous company... exactly that

[@timmy7201]

@@akarapongboonrat9338 Welcome to the club. Some things I've learned being a developer are: - Trying to help and please everyone will only lead to people taking advantage of you... - Starting to put your foot down won't help, as nobody takes the former friendly helping person seriously. - Openly showing that you're angry and displeased towards those who take advantage of you, only results in being labeled "not a team-player"... The only solution is to start putting your foot down on day one, at your new workplace! Most of my colleagues start at 9 AM, I start my workday at 10 AM. My schedule is very busy as a developer, so I will only fix printers and laptops when it's past 5 PM and not before that. Those who asks me to fix something have to remain in the office, if they go home I go home. If they can't wait some unpaid overtime for me to fix the issue, then it's not urgent enough for me to spend my time on it. I've better and more important work to do. I'ts sad that this only works whenever you implement those rules starting from day one. Implementing those rules later on won't work as everyone has become a spoiled brat, used to instantly get whatever they want or request.

[@Justnothankyou132]

Have you tried being less of a doormat?

[@timmy7201]

@@Justnothankyou132 I've never seen myself as a doormat... Incompetent management is the main issue these days. Management rambles on endlessly how much they value communication and soft-skills, yet they're completely deaf themselves to whatever the people they hired tell them. Communication also includes listening skills, yet that's almost always forgotten by managers. There is only one reason managers value communication, that's to utilize it as a tool for outing their office-alpha-baboon status to the rest of the office building.

[@truepvp5463]

You forgot the: 'Oh my printer is broken, can you fix it for me till i come back?'

[@rtpHarry]

The drone was funny

[@BoltRM]

#4 & #6 Sales: "I told him we could have it in a couple of days."

[@ericritter46]

Don't forget #2 "can't we just rebuild it?"

[@JacobPilon]

"Yeah, well I told them that we can release it tomorrow". "it" being an unfinished product that needs 3+ more days of work to be release ready.

[@KingKadem]

"It doesn't do the thing." How I love those... Extra points for "It's right there. Next to the thing. No! Atop the stuff! No! Right... There! See?" *points to the thing with his eyes*

[@chinoto1]

Right after he says "this thing is broken", the video starts buffering... Will try restarting the video again.

[@k2cr]

I feel the hundreds of tabs open in my soul.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

All google and stack overflows

[@manjeerin2084]

This is so true. My everyday, especially the part "it will be delivered tomorrow".

[@yeamf2546]

oh god number 4 ... having flashbacks to having to migrate 2 years worth of data into another server and optimizing how they stored data in the first place cause the company was running out of money and had resorted into getting rid of their data on a monthly basis to make room! I was an intern, and our team of 3 people was in charge of doing all of this and basically saving their data in 2 days, over the weekend. I was also unpaid. I actually heard the PM guy utter those words "I think we can manage it just fine by tomorrow, at the latest over the weekend!"

[@frcsas]

How about being constantly bombarded with calls every 5 minutes to fix mundane stuff like the office printers and not get to actually program the software they need.

[@can_pacis]

Well I loved it, and the effort you gave it seems pretty nice...

[@skhariesh]

"have you tried changing the flux capacitor?" 1:01 Wait WHAT is he building a time machine...?

[@whahala555]

I preferred the Jailbreaking the computer joke. I could see someone actually thinking that's a thing.

[@alwinvillero4404]

did you make sure to overwrite the dns partition in the C code?

[@SouhaibD]

@@whahala555 I didn't notice he said Jailbreaking your "computer" 😂

[@clerpington_the_fifth]

[@victoravr10]

He said USB type D?

[@abhilashmridha420]

I am not a programmer but given the basic knowledge I have, pretty sure there isn't such a thing called a flux capacitor.

[@mohammedhersi5774]

Yeah the government wants you think that.

[@Andrii87]

Back to The Future >>>>>>

[@TheSmuey]

Depends. Do you want well written code, or would you rather try your hand at time travel?

[@abhilashmridha420]

@@TheSmuey Well now that you mention it....

[@TheSmuey]

@@abhilashmridha420 Well, can't say I blame you. It's been a pretty sucky year so far, after all...

[@stephenanderson3764]

Very well put together video!

[@MilMike]

constant interruptions are bad... when I am in a flow and someone comes to me and just chats I get out of that flow and need time to get back into that state again. Now as I work in the homeoffice, I get distracted even more, via the chat.

[@JP-td8gt]

#8 can you apply a VLookUp to fix the data integration? Or numbers?

[@supernova5434]

Imagine #4 with JS developers “Oh, yeah, I’ve never heard of that framework, we can finish your product in a few days!” “Not. Another. *FRAMEWORK.*

[@remuvs]

That first point applies to every field in IT. I can confirm.

[@peter1062]

Some manager constantly changing the specs throughout the course of the project. And then blaming the programmer when his original deadline is not met.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Pretty much my boss

[@EdwinMartin]

That’s why most companies use agile/scrum 😉

[@l_combo]

funny video, you should do one for architects next :)

[@SwarangaSarma]

This brings so many tears!

[@dankydoodle3089]

this was so entertaining! People should watch this more

[@mbonuchinedu2420]

Common with managers that set up IT companies and lack no prior experience in programming. Well described.

[@cristianouzumaki2455]

#4 hit me like a rock

[@Dieg0320]

This is so relatable, it makes me cry.

[@zBijs]

i am not a programmer/developer, but these exactly same things that DO happen in my line of work, annoy me too. It also happens to the technical support tribe.

[@SpencerFcp]

#4 was a perfect representation

[@plumbob109]

2:34 this is so memeable

[@alexanderresare6838]

He looks and sounds like an Oblivion npc

[@ethanshihadeh5458]

exactly what i was thinking

[@LeviaThanAvatar]

#4 was SO relatable

[@midimusicforever]

#4 happens waaay to often where I work. :( It's always "Hey, so, the sales guy sold this thing that goes completely against the idea of the product. He promised it to the customer in ." I guess it's a combination of #4 and #6.

[@kevinchirayath635]

Lmao! "Run the new SMTP settings we have". Always a great fix!

[@henryholsten8802]

Totally not gonna get you new bugs on the mail server, we promise

[@adityacraft116]

"did you try and use jailbreak in your computer?" THAT ONE GOT ME LAUGHING SO HARD

[@kody1654]

1:33 Lord of the rings battle music plays

[@joshuagonzalez1282]

I mean of they tell me I'm their fav developer, then I'm in

[@somedude5414]

My typical response to "ASAP" is - "I'm busy now. Next week is ASAP" or "Bugger off!"

[@randomrandom450]

I usually ask how this new things is more important than: *proceed to list everything I need to do one by one* After the third "oh yeah that's more important than my new task" that's usually the moment they go away.

[@beelzebub3920]

the most annoying part is when you follow a programming tutorial and do exactly what he does and it doesnt work. You try to fix it, you google the error, and after 2 hours of trying to fix it you click play on the next episode on the tutorial and he Says "oh yeah last time i forgot to do this you just need to do this"

[@beelzebub3920]

@Danny Kirkham yeah but if you need to use old and strange apis and there are only 1 or 2 tutorials and the documentation sucks then you need to rely on that

[@hilken]

I'm not programmer (yet, give it a few months more), where I work I'm the "Tech Guy" (I was originaly contrated to use a textile printer and now I do pretty much everything that's tech related and more "advanced" than do something on excel) and yet I can say, that this is 100% true.

[@cairink2110]

1:00 refresh the browser

[@victorkochkarev2576]

What about deployment to production on Friday night?

[@dxd696]

This video just had me realize that tall buildings were actually made for jumping off of.

[@kairitadano]

Too relatable that it actually irks me watching this bcoz it makes me remember my workplace 😐

[@somtovitus]

The drone part though 😅😅

[@timisa58]

I took a job as IT manager and the job quickly morphed into All-knowing Tech Guy! lol and frustrating. Suddenly I was expected to know the ins and outs of every software, tech issue, and anything that accepted electrical current as power. I was even asked if I could fix the toilet! 🤣 I am getting out of the job soon. 👍🏾

[@aaronbono4688]

Honestly I can't relate to any of these and I have been developing for over 20 years at over a dozen different locations. Well, maybe the absurd timelines. But what I really hate is the "yea we all know it's a problem but management says... so we do it this way".

[@jackb348]

I can tell you this from having to deal with this, many programmers will let non-technical people have it. I have yelled at my share of people and walked off quite a few projects. Most programmers are not people persons.

[@clerpington_the_fifth]

I am and I still cant get an entry level programming job with a bs in csci. ain't life great.

[@ericmoulot9148]

Nah! It's just that people take "No" personally. I used to dish plenty of "No"s at the time, colleagues hated me for it. Then I substituted all the NOs for YESs, and hold and behold, I became the star tech guy. What they do not know is that it takes so much less effort to say yes to everything: developers need to give it shot!

[@filipe_paixao]

they started fixing the road 2 meters away from the Window right on my back. (they been there for 2 weeks.)

[@Draconicrose]

The drone shot killed me! XDDD

[@darude1420]

Everyday of my life, including evenings and weekends

[@MrStuartp]

My favourite is when non-tech people use the word 'algorithm' but not know what it means.

[@jordan5253]

@2:32 was so smooth hahaha

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

I like how he didn’t get off the elevator in the last one.

[@mikaelscuiller2394]

"7 'things'..." ?! This title really annoyed the heck out of me

[@theodenking169]

#2 really turns my crank, I need to stop talking to clients

[@MrMilkyway05]

I need more content like this

[@sensei4042]

Could relate to #3, really annoys me when my players say "Oh uhm, this bug needs to be fixed but you need to do some uhhhhh inputs and output 1080p 60fps stuff to fix it right? im a programmer i swear"

[@tootaashraf1]

Roblox programming isn't real programming..

[@adamsc9049]

@@tootaashraf1 lol programming is a broad term, you can't define that.

[@franchufranchu119]

@@tootaashraf1 Any programmer that doesn't code with magnetized needles isn't a real programmer

[@bmax5928]

Wait..400 subscribers? I thought 400k subs..this deserve more

[@jorgeruiz4410]

Number 1 should be "lets schedule a meeting" for everything

[@soulace4060]

Ah, so this is what I have to look forward to! Can’t wait! Lol 😂😄

[@Aniaas1]

Advanced #3 - quote various features from the project at the programmer and ask if that could be the problem, especially when they've had no time to investigate the issue: "Could it be in the UI?" "It's unlikely... there haven't been any changes sinc-" "Could it be in the database?" "Still unlikely we'd expect to see it everyw-" "Could it be in our login flow?" "... I'll check and get back to you." BONUS POINTS: When the programmer does find the issue, act like you helped fix it by quoting the whole feature set at them.

[@twilightgeneral777]

The ASAP guy reminds me of something my Project Manager said when he took away a certain someone's privileges to create and assign new tickets for the development team after months of last minute tickets and delayed releases. "When everything's a priority, nothing is."

[@luucy025]

bro i just started programmin and im not that good tbh everyone knows that BUT STILL THEY TRY TO GET ME TO DO COMPLEX SHIT IN A DIFFERENT PROGRAMING LANGUAGE THAT I DONT EVEN KNOW one guy just went up to me once and said hey u know scratch i give up with some ppl

[@carlossegura403]

1:27 hahahahha

[@whutwhy]

My favourite so far

[@piotrmbukowski]

I knew there would be focus shift to the guy at the front.

[@The-Dev-Ninja]

2:55 Best MONTAGE transition :)😁

[@Nole2701]

2:41 jokes aside as someone who lived in an apartment with a bad elevator you have no idea how much that scared me

[@scoutiano4441]

Chop chop

[@velo1337]

#3 indeed hurts

[@saysoy1]

Actually this is not the reaction of a programmer, this is the reaction of anyone has an annoying coworker

[@RingsOfSolace]

I haven't worked as a programmer yet but what annoys me is if I mention my major everyone automatically wants me to build them an app or fix their printer, and then says things like "didn't you study this"? When I don't know how to use the "buttfuck what's it" app that people with a social life use, but really it's just that I couldn't care less.

[@ericmoulot9148]

Thanks for the rant! I can relate with the social media apps part.

[@mohamedshuaau632]

Last one. can relate

[@blueskies382]

I'm on @1:36 waiting to see if there an end to the tunnel lol 😂😴

[@filipe_paixao]

Me at the beginning of the day to my senior developers: "If you got something for me to work on just tell me, I'm just gonna be in my corner making the previous codes I already finished, simpler and see if I have any ideas to add" Then If after lunch: "heyoo, I just finished that code I said I was gonna see, so if you still need help just say something" This way I don't need to stop their thought process. Well there's also the time they give me something to do, so I still need to call them to say I finished.

[@raoulmotman6194]

i relate to all 7 😖😖😖

[@justinmanuel9187]

on an unrelated note, i saw the macy's out the window and just learned y'all are based in my hometown haha

[@ManvendraSK]

I can related to 4th and last one very well.

[@noopurishere]

MS-DOS is undoubtedly the most technical word. 😂😂

[@softpool1286]

#3 is my worst nightmare... nothing bugs me more than someone trying to sound smarted by using words they don't know to try to impress the other people around

[@DreamCatcher201]

The guy going to the toilet to call someone, that happened in a company I worked at!!!

[@gonalvarez]

I saw it again after 2 years and it still makes me laugh

[@SereF99102]

Why do I feel like a Windows who has problems with os updates?

[@hansvandenbogert8992]

spot on

[@ericmoulot9148]

So many triggers in there! Brrr! I think I got PTSD from seeing this skit.

[@silverhairs]

#4 I feel it

[@asandax6]

Big Words Are things I try to Avoid Mostly because The People Around me don't even know what the Word Code means

[@poorlittlesheep4098]

Thank you for the video. Already smashed my computer, I'm typing on a potato right now.

[@nekistunter8569]

Not getting any results for your problem on stack overflow

[@lakshyadhariwal248]

#8 use spaces over tab Or the other way

[@aronhighgrove4100]

Oh my, I hate #3 so much. It's so annoying. I expected something else though, more academic. What you said is more like business bullshit bingo. I actually try to avoid overly technical wordings when communicating, because I want to be understood, but sometimes it's just easier to use some specialized terms. If it's too many, it shows you have no clue what you are talking about, since you can't break it down or say it in other words. I believe this is a result of people how remember too well.

[@exarkunn69]

You forgot one. I need this ASAP can you work on this overnight? 5 days later, hey what did you think of the code I sent you? Oh sorry I haven’t had time to look at it yet.

[@Dizzifer9538]

" have you tried USB type D" 😂😂😂

[@chris-vecchio]

1:37 lmao we've all been there

[@Ishizu09]

Every HR when they are writing what they want the new programmer to do at their job listing...