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Very efficient at boredom, procrastination, dismay...
Software development is like space travel - months of boredom interspersed with a few minutes of terror.
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I get them (pointless/useless phone calls) from weak colleagues and bored family members...I'd estimate that each day I spend around 2.5 hours on the phone. They all know that I despise being on the phone, but they don't care. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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If it's a mobile, turn it off. A long-time employer offered one but, knowing what it meant, I paid for my own.
Colleague: We tried calling you, but it always went to voice mail!
Me: It was turned off. I have it for my convenience.
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In other words - no open space office, unless it's library-like culture.
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I also find peace and quiet important but would just buy noise-cancelling headphones.
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<Softly>Agreed.</Softly>
Software Zen: delete this;
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(BTW, you misspelled "bureaucracy")...
As developers, we are flooded with pointless paperwork and "processes". This is admittedly because we don't have enough people, or people filling appropriate positions (I'd kill to have a configuration manager) so that we can spend more time actually writing code.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: configuration manager
Configuration engineers are key to the success of a software team. Overlooked positions for sure, in most shops I have worked at. Fortunately, my current shop has two of them.
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Loud telephone calls from the next cube.
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in the lab. My workstation is great but I have to spend half of my time in the lab and the setup is the copmplete opposite of ergonomical.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I go through cycles of burnout and lack of motivation. They usually last between 1-2 months per year. I am less productive than I would like during these times.
IMHO, outside of software, hardware, company bs constraints, your mental state dictates your level of productivity.
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Same here. It sucks.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Yup, between Politicians, Pestilence, and Putin, my apathy level has gone through the roof.
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I work in a team of morons who insist on quick sloppy work. The head of quality, and also phb agree with that. A quickly "developed" prototype is all what they want to do. "What can go wrong?" - "What a stupid question, showing your negativity! When something went wrong, we can just solve it afterwards..." Failing even SIL 1 not only due to lack of process documentation, but because of contents.
Nota bene: we are working in fire detection and fire fighting - literally.
Oh sanctissimi Wilhelmus, Theodorus, et Fredericus!
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Well if something goes wrong the proof disappears so...
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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maybe you arent in the right team. Try a change 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Code project eats my 1-2 hours  , but that is also a necessity.
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meetings and email eat half my day 
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