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Originally Posted by Undertoad
No wonder you were demotivated, then -- if the quality wasn't so important it became more of a thankless task, eh?
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Yeah. The stress and demotivation came partly from my (usually pragmatic) perfectionism and the fact that the pass line for my program is basically showing up.
I had the same problem with my first software development gig. Quality was of fairly low priority, as long as the customers weren't complaining too loudly. There wasn't any real development methodology. We scored about a zero on the Joel test, and would have scored negative if it were possible. It was nearly impossible to get fired (before the place went under after ~10 years in business). After 5 years there I was ready to give up programming for good.
As soon as I started working on my own projects my enjoyment resurged. Now I know what I want to do: I want to work for a small company that values quality, agility, both employees and customers. And will fire customers
and employees when it must.