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Survey Results

What kills your productivity the most?

Survey period: 11 Dec 2017 to 18 Dec 2017

Sometimes things hum along. Sometimes...they don't.

OptionVotes% 
The programming tools breaking or misbehaving27929.09
The libraries lacking features, being difficult to use, or having bugs22123.04
Nuget or NPM updates introducing breaking changes10210.64
My development machine (slow or broken)19920.75
Your boss or client changing their mind50252.35
The work environment32734.10
My team. They are hard work9710.11
We're using the wrong tools / language / stack / whatever12112.62
Other19720.54
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
QuestionWhere's Textbox(' Text Answer for option 'Other' ')? Pin
thatraja10-Dec-17 23:44
professionalthatraja10-Dec-17 23:44 
AnswerRe: Where's Textbox(' Text Answer for option 'Other' ')? Pin
W Balboos, GHB11-Dec-17 0:10
W Balboos, GHB11-Dec-17 0:10 
GeneralRe: Where's Textbox(' Text Answer for option 'Other' ')? Pin
thatraja11-Dec-17 1:58
professionalthatraja11-Dec-17 1:58 
GeneralRe: Where's Textbox(' Text Answer for option 'Other' ')? Pin
W Balboos, GHB11-Dec-17 2:00
W Balboos, GHB11-Dec-17 2:00 
GeneralRe: Where's Textbox(' Text Answer for option 'Other' ')? Pin
thatraja11-Dec-17 4:53
professionalthatraja11-Dec-17 4:53 
GeneralProcrastination? Pin
Jörgen Andersson10-Dec-17 21:21
professionalJörgen Andersson10-Dec-17 21:21 
GeneralRe: Procrastination? Pin
Nelek11-Dec-17 11:56
protectorNelek11-Dec-17 11:56 
GeneralWindows Updates destroying my development computer Pin
Johnny J.10-Dec-17 21:07
professionalJohnny J.10-Dec-17 21:07 
Last week, monday morning, 5 minutes before our weekly online team meeting, my computer decided to restart itself to install the latest Windows update (Creator's version or some crap like that). No warning, no possibility to postpone or reschedule, nothing. Took the best part of an hour.

After that, my VPN connections didn't work. My internet didn't work. My hyper-v development machine didn't work. Took me almost two days to get everything working again!

Needless to say, I was not a happy camper! Mad | :mad:
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modified 11-Dec-17 5:28am.

GeneralRe: Windows Updates destroying my development computer Pin
KarstenK10-Dec-17 23:00
mveKarstenK10-Dec-17 23:00 
GeneralRe: Windows Updates destroying my development computer Pin
Kevin McFarlane12-Dec-17 0:34
Kevin McFarlane12-Dec-17 0:34 
GeneralRe: Windows Updates destroying my development computer Pin
ScottM112-Dec-17 0:57
ScottM112-Dec-17 0:57 
GeneralRe: Windows Updates destroying my development computer Pin
NotUnique12-Dec-17 12:21
professionalNotUnique12-Dec-17 12:21 
GeneralCurrently Option 5 is at 27% Pin
Thanks787210-Dec-17 20:57
professionalThanks787210-Dec-17 20:57 
GeneralRe: Currently Option 5 is at 27% Pin
Sammuel Miranda10-Dec-17 23:54
professionalSammuel Miranda10-Dec-17 23:54 
GeneralOther Pin
Jochen Arndt10-Dec-17 20:53
professionalJochen Arndt10-Dec-17 20:53 
GeneralOther: People, and the cat PinPopular
OriginalGriff10-Dec-17 20:06
mveOriginalGriff10-Dec-17 20:06 
GeneralRe: Other: People, and the cat Pin
Marc Clifton11-Dec-17 2:09
mvaMarc Clifton11-Dec-17 2:09 
GeneralRe: Other: People, and the cat Pin
OriginalGriff11-Dec-17 2:23
mveOriginalGriff11-Dec-17 2:23 
GeneralRe: Other: People, and the cat Pin
Mohibur Rashid12-Dec-17 18:50
professionalMohibur Rashid12-Dec-17 18:50 
GeneralManager Pin
Abhinav S10-Dec-17 19:17
Abhinav S10-Dec-17 19:17 
GeneralRe: Manager Pin
KarstenK10-Dec-17 22:34
mveKarstenK10-Dec-17 22:34 
GeneralCurrently: Android Studio 3.0 Pin
Mike (Prof. Chuck)10-Dec-17 19:16
professionalMike (Prof. Chuck)10-Dec-17 19:16 

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