Comments by "Ozzy Perez" (@OzzyTheGiant) on "80% of programmers are NOT happy… why?" video.

  1. All those things go hand in hand, focus on lowering stress so that you can avoid the stomach issues and make it a point to go to bed early. Otherwise, I fear you may end up getting gallbladder stones, just ask my wife.
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  2. No offense to them, I encourage anyone serious about software development to try this career, but those chasing it for the wrong reasons should leave now, leave us seasoned devs with the projects we're looking for.
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  3.  @Kevin-kf9ct  This is why you rewrite with microservices in mind, especially if it's a giant codebase. It's not feasible to do the whole thing from scratch without understanding every part of the codebase.
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  4. I can see that, I was at an accounting firm doing that, I got a lot of projects discontinued and they never saw the light of day. Couldn't complain much because I was happy with the experience of building these things (and getting paid for it), but that meant that if I left for another job, I would have no real examples to show my skills. This is why I urge people to build a github portfolio.
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  5. Managers really have their priorities in life messed up.
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  6. Technical debt in projects with developer teams somehow makes me believe that solo-development is the only way to go for me.
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  7. There's a few problems that cause this in the first place: - Everyone needs to stop making the umpteenth JS framework; Just rally behind one, but for sure it should not be React as it doesn't help polish the fundamentals of web development - We need to focus on programming languages that cover as many use cases as possible so we are not jumping around ecosystems. JS may be one but JS is also a terrible language. Great alternatives are C#, Kotlin, Dart, and possibly Go (although UI development is not good with this one). By just focusing on one or two languages that cover most cases, there's lest cognitive overload - We need to stop making so many libraries and use stdlibs or creating our own code for utilities wherever possible where it's not too time consuming. - Companies need to stop hiring by framework and hire instead by field (are you a front end dev, back end, full stack, mobile, data analyst, game dev.... well ok game dev is a bit more extreme as the whole job revolves around the game engine chosen). The point is, just because a guy knows one framework doesn't mean he can't work with another one.
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  8. They're sad because they're not making American salaries
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