Software developers experience this daily, except without the fun drinking and partying parts.
write code & check it in
go home
maybe get some sleep, maybe
go to work the next day
get mad at whoever checked in that code
The worst code I have ever seen, the truly horrible stuff that gives me nightmares was written by myself six months ago.
Oof, six months ago code is the worst. It's still close enough to your current style that it's undeniably yours and you can vaguely remember writing it, but long enough ago that you've improved a decent amount since then. So the mistakes or bad practice hurts the maximum amount.
There's an argument that if you are not ashamed by your old code, that means you didn't progress as a developer.
Never had that feeling in my career. Then again, I didn't work at places which chased deadlines instead of pursuing clean code
AKA clopening. Usually with a couple of hours sleep, but the sleepless version is all too common as well
When I waited tables I called it a lifestyle not a job. Shit like this is why.
Software developers experience this daily, except without the fun drinking and partying parts.
The worst code I have ever seen, the truly horrible stuff that gives me nightmares was written by myself six months ago.
Oof, six months ago code is the worst. It's still close enough to your current style that it's undeniably yours and you can vaguely remember writing it, but long enough ago that you've improved a decent amount since then. So the mistakes or bad practice hurts the maximum amount.
There's an argument that if you are not ashamed by your old code, that means you didn't progress as a developer.
Never had that feeling in my career. Then again, I didn't work at places which chased deadlines instead of pursuing clean code